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Texas Health & Safety Code - Chapter 61 Indigent Health Care And Treatment ActLegal Research Home > Texas Lawyer > Health & Safety Code > Texas Health & Safety Code - Chapter 61 Indigent Health Care And Treatment Act Sponsored LinksThis chapter may be cited as the Indigent Health Care and Treatment Act. Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. ... In this chapter: (1) "Department" means the Texas Department of Health. (2) "Eligible county resident" means an eligible resident of a county who does not ... (a) For purposes of this chapter, a person is presumed to be a resident of the governmental entity in which the person's home or fixed ... (a) If a provider of assistance and a governmental entity or hospital district cannot agree on a person's residence or whether a person is eligible ... (a) Any provider, including a mandated provider, public hospital, or hospital district, that delivers health care services to a patient who the provider suspects is ... (a) A county, public hospital, or hospital district may request an eligible resident receiving health care assistance under this chapter to contribute a nominal amount ... (a) The department shall establish minimum eligibility standards and application, documentation, and verification procedures for counties to use in determining eligibility under this chapter. (b) ... The department by rule shall require each applicant to provide at least the following information: (1) the applicant's full name and address; (2) the applicant's ... (a) The department by rule shall provide that in determining eligibility: (1) a county may not consider the value of the applicant's homestead; (2) a ... (a) The department shall establish uniform reporting requirements for governmental entities that own, operate, or lease public hospitals providing assistance under this chapter and for ... If the governing body of a governmental entity adopts a property tax rate that exceeds the rate calculated under Section 26.04, Tax Code, by more ... A state hospital or clinic shall be entitled to payment for services rendered to an eligible resident under the provisions of this chapter applicable to ... Text of section effective until September 1, 2007 (a) The executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission shall establish an advisory committee ... This subchapter applies to health care services and assistance provided to a person who does not reside in the service area of a public hospital ... (a) A county shall provide health care assistance as prescribed by this subchapter to each of its eligible county residents. (b) The county is the ... This subchapter does not affect the authority of the commissioners court of a county to provide eligibility standards or other requirements relating to assistance programs ... (a) A person is eligible for assistance under this subchapter if: (1) the person does not reside in the service area of a public hospital ... (a) A county shall adopt an application procedure. (b) The county may use the application, documentation, and verification procedures established by the department under Sections ... (a) This section applies to a municipality that has a population of less than 15,000, that owns, operates, or leases a hospital, and that has ... A county shall review at least once every six months the eligibility of a resident for whom an application for assistance has been granted and ... (a) An eligible resident must report any change in income or resources that might affect the resident's eligibility. The report must be made not later ... (a) A county shall, in accordance with department rules adopted under Section 61.006, provide the following basic health care services: (1) primary and preventative services ... (a) In addition to basic health care services provided under Section 61.028, a county may, in accordance with department rules adopted under Section 61.006, provide ... (a) A county may arrange to provide health care services through a local health department, a publicly owned facility, or a contract with a private ... A county may select one or more providers of health care services. The county may require eligible county residents to obtain care from a mandated ... (a) A county may require any provider, including a mandated provider, to obtain approval from the county before providing nonemergency health care services to an ... (a) If a nonmandated provider delivers emergency services to a patient who the provider suspects might be eligible for assistance under this subchapter, the provider ... (a) To the extent prescribed by this chapter, a county is liable for health care services provided under this subchapter by any provider, including a ... (a) A county is not liable for the cost of a health care service provided under Section 61.028 or 61.0285 that is in excess of ... The maximum county liability for each state fiscal year for health care services provided by all assistance providers, including a hospital and a skilled nursing ... (a) A county may not credit an expenditure made to assist an eligible county resident toward eligibility for state assistance under this subchapter unless the ... (a) The department may distribute funds as provided by this subchapter to eligible counties to assist the counties in providing health care services under Sections ... (a) If the department determines that a county is eligible for assistance, the department shall distribute funds appropriated to the department from the indigent health ... If the department fails to provide assistance to an eligible county as prescribed by Section 61.038, the county is not liable for payments for health ... (a) The total amount of state assistance provided to counties under this chapter for a fiscal year may not exceed the amount appropriated for that ... The comptroller shall give the department information relating to: (1) the taxable value of property taxable by each county and each county's applicable general revenue ... (a) The department shall establish monthly reporting requirements for a county seeking state assistance and establish procedures necessary to determine if the county is eligible ... (a) A county may establish procedures consistent with those used by the Texas Department of Human Services under Chapter 31, Human Resources Code, for administering ... (a) The county shall adopt reasonable procedures for minimizing the opportunity for fraud, for establishing and maintaining methods for detecting and identifying situations in which ... (a) The filing of an application for or receipt of services constitutes an assignment of the applicant's or recipient's right of recovery from: (1) personal ... (a) This subchapter applies to health care services and assistance provided to a person who resides in the service area of a public hospital or ... (a) A public hospital or hospital district shall provide health care assistance to each eligible resident in its service area who meets: (1) the basic ... (a) A public hospital or hospital district shall adopt an application procedure. (b) Not later than the beginning of a public hospital's or hospital district's ... (a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), a public hospital shall endeavor to provide the basic health care services a county is required to provide ... (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a hospital district shall endeavor to provide the basic health care services a county is required to provide ... (a) A public hospital or hospital district may arrange to provide health care services through a local health department, a publicly owned facility, or a ... A public hospital may select one or more providers of health care services. A public hospital may require eligible residents to obtain care from a ... (a) A public hospital may require any provider, including a mandated provider, to obtain approval from the hospital before providing nonemergency health care services to ... (a) If a nonmandated provider delivers emergency services to a patient who the provider suspects might be eligible for assistance under this subchapter, the provider ... (a) To the extent prescribed by this chapter, a public hospital is liable for health care services provided under this subchapter by any provider, including ... The payment rates and limits prescribed by Sections 61.034 and 61.035 that relate to county services apply to inpatient and outpatient hospital services a public ... A governmental entity that owns, operates, or leases a public hospital shall provide sufficient funding to the hospital to provide basic health care services. Acts ... (a) A public hospital may not change its eligibility standards to make the standards more restrictive and may not reduce the health care services it ... (a) A governmental entity that owns, operates, or leases a public hospital and that closes, sells, or leases the hospital: (1) has the obligation to ... (a) This section applies to a county that, on or after January 1, 1988, sells to a purchaser that is not a governmental entity a ... (a) A hospital district may adopt reasonable procedures for minimizing the opportunity for fraud, for establishing and maintaining methods for detecting and identifying situations in ... Last modified: August 11, 2007 |