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Texas Health & Safety Code - Section 12.034. Collection Procedures

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§ 12.034. COLLECTION PROCEDURES.  (a) The board shall 
establish procedures for the collection of fees for public health 
services.  The procedures shall be used by the department and by 
those department contractors required by the board to charge fees.
	(b)  The fees may be collected either before the performance 
of the services or by billing after the services are performed.
	(c)  The department shall make a reasonable effort to collect 
fees billed after services are performed.  However, the board by 
rule may waive the collection procedures if the administrative 
costs exceed the fees to be collected.
	(d)  If the board elects to require cash payments by program 
participants, the money received shall be deposited locally at the 
end of each day and retained by the department for not more than 
seven days.  At the end of that time, the money shall be deposited in 
the state treasury.

Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.                    

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