Texas Health And Safety Code Title 2, Chapter 42 - Kidney Health Care
- Texas Section 42.001 - Short Title; Purpose
(a) This chapter may be cited as the Texas Kidney Health Care Act. (b) The state finds that one of the most serious and tragic...
- Texas Section 42.002 - Definitions
In this chapter: (1) Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1, Sec. 3.1639(18), eff. April 2, 2015. (2) "Other benefit" means a benefit,...
- Texas Section 42.003 - Kidney Health Care Program
(a) The kidney health care program is in the department to carry out this chapter. (b) The department may develop and expand programs for the...
- Texas Section 42.004 - Services
(a) The department shall provide kidney care services directly or through public or private resources to persons the department determines to be eligible for services...
- Texas Section 42.0045 - Distribution Of Drugs And Devices
(a) Sections 483.041(a) and 483.042 of this code, Subtitle J, Title 3, Occupations Code, and other applicable laws establishing prohibitions do not apply to a...
- Texas Section 42.0047 - Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate Reporting
(a) A laboratory that performs a serum creatinine test on a sample from a person 18 years of age or older shall also calculate and...
- Texas Section 42.005 - Facilities
(a) The executive commissioner may establish standards for the accreditation of all facilities designed or intended to deliver care or treatment for persons with end...
- Texas Section 42.006 - Selection Of Service Providers
(a) The department shall select providers to furnish kidney health care services under the program according to the criteria and procedures adopted by the executive...
- Texas Section 42.007 - Eligibility For Services
The executive commissioner may determine the terms, conditions, and standards, including medical and financial standards, for the eligibility of persons with end stage renal disease...
- Texas Section 42.008 - Denial, Modification, Suspension, Or Termination Of Services
(a) After notice and an opportunity for a hearing, the department for cause may deny the application of or modify, suspend, or terminate services to...
- Texas Section 42.009 - Reimbursement
(a) An applicant or recipient is not eligible to receive services provided by this chapter to the extent that the applicant or recipient, or another...
- Texas Section 42.010 - Recovery Of Costs
(a) The department may recover the costs of services provided under this chapter from a person who does not reimburse the department as required by...
- Texas Section 42.011 - Funding
(a) The department may receive and use gifts to carry out this chapter. (b) The department may comply with any requirements necessary to obtain federal...
- Texas Section 42.012 - Contracts
(a) The department may enter into contracts and agreements with persons, colleges, universities, associations, corporations, municipalities, and other units of government as necessary to carry...
- Texas Section 42.013 - Cooperation
(a) The department may cooperate with private or public agencies to facilitate the availability of adequate care for all citizens with end stage renal disease....
- Texas Section 42.014 - Scientific Investigations
(a) The department may develop and administer scientific investigations into the cause, prevention, methods of treatment, and cure of end stage renal disease, including research...
- Texas Section 42.015 - Educational Programs
(a) The department may develop, implement, and supervise educational programs for the public and health providers, including physicians, hospitals, and public health departments, concerning end...
- Texas Section 42.016 - Reports
The department shall report to the governor and the legislature not later than February 1 of each year concerning its findings, progress, and activities under...
- Texas Section 42.017 - Insurance Premiums
The department may provide for payment of the premiums required to maintain coverage under Title XVIII of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Section 1395...
- Texas Section 42.018 - Freedom Of Selection
The freedom of an eligible person to select a treating physician, a treatment facility, or a treatment modality is not limited by Section 42.009 if...
Last modified: September 28, 2016