Common use of Children of Migrant Farm Clause in Contracts

Children of Migrant Farm. Workers (FWC) The MCO must cooperate and coordinate with the State, outreach programs, and Texas Health Steps regional program staff and agents to ensure prompt delivery of services, in accordance with the Contract’s timeframes, to FWC Members and other migrant populations who may transition into and out of the MCO more rapidly and/or unpredictably than the general population. The MCO must provide accelerated services to FWC Members. For purposes of this section, “accelerated services” are services that are provided to FWC Members prior to their leaving Texas for work in other states. Accelerated services include the provision of preventive Health Care Services that will be due during the time the FWC Member is out of Texas. The need for accelerated services must be determined on a case-by-case and according to the FWC Member’s age, periodicity schedule and health care needs. The MCO must develop an annual plan identifying the process and methods it will use to identify/validate FWC and provide accelerated services to such Members in accordance with Chapter 12 of the Uniform Managed Care Manual.