The Texas Education Agency posted an update on the SHARS Cost Settlement from Health and Human Services on April 4th. You can access the notification here.
For school districts that submitted a 2017 School Health and Related Services (SHARS) cost report, the final settlement is now available for review in the State of Texas Automated Information Reporting System (STAIRS). The superintendent, chief financial officer, business officer or other school district official with legal authority must coordinate with the SHARS primary financial contact to review the 2017 cost report settlement. Only a SHARS primary financial contact has access to STAIRS to enter agreement or disagreement on behalf of the school district official. Failure to act immediately may impact your school district’s Medicaid funding.
Required Actions
- No later than April 11, 2019: The SHARS primary financial contact and the school district official must log on to STAIRS and review Step 8 of the SHARS cost report.
- No later than May 1, 2019: The SHARS primary financial contact must enter agreement or disagreement on behalf of the school district official in Step 8 of the SHARS cost report. If agree or disagree is not entered, HHS will determine the district agrees with the cost report settlement and proceed with payout or recoupment as appropriate.
If the district disagrees with their settlement amount, Texas Health and Human Services Commission’s Rate Analysis Department must receive the district’s hard copy informal review request by May 1, 2019.
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