Relating to the approval, selection, and use of an alternative electronic visit verification system under Medicaid.

HB 3355 allows Texas Medicaid providers to use an approved alternative electronic system to verify in-person care visits (instead of the state's system) if it meets Texas Health and Human Services Commission standards for data, privacy, and reporting. Providers must document visits using either the state system or an approved alternative, and the Commission must let providers select an approved system via a signed form and approve these choices quickly. The bill also requires the Commission to ensure vendors of approved systems can be reimbursed for transaction costs, if feasible under federal law, while protecting patient confidentiality. This directly affects Medicaid home care providers and the Commission, streamlining documentation requirements under Medicaid.