Texas Health And Safety Code Title 2, Chapter 35 - Children With Special Health Care Needs
- Texas Section 35.001 - Short Title
This chapter may be cited as the Children with Special Health Care Needs Services Act. Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept....
- Texas Section 35.0021 - Definitions
In this chapter: (1) "Case management services" includes: (A) coordinating medical services, marshaling available assistance, serving as a liaison between the child and the child's...
- Texas Section 35.0022 - Child With Special Health Care Needs
(a) In this chapter, "child with special health care needs" means a person who: (1) is younger than 21 years of age and who has...
- Texas Section 35.003 - Services Program For Children With Special Health Care Needs
(a) The program is in the department to provide services to eligible children with special health care needs. The program shall provide: (1) early identification...
- Texas Section 35.0031 - Health Benefits Plan Coverage For Certain Eligible Children
The department shall obtain coverage under a health benefits plan for a child who: (1) is eligible for services under this chapter; and (2) is...
- Texas Section 35.0032 - Benefits Coverage Required
To the extent possible, the health benefits plan required by Section 35.0031 must provide benefits comparable to the benefits provided under the state child health...
- Texas Section 35.0033 - Health Benefits Plan Provider
(a) A health benefits plan provider who provides coverage for benefits under Section 35.0031 must: (1) hold a certificate of authority or other appropriate license...
- Texas Section 35.0034 - Cost-sharing Payments
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the department may not require a child who is provided health benefits plan coverage under Section 35.0031 and...
- Texas Section 35.0035 - Disallowance Of Matching Funds From Federal Government
Expenditures made to provide health benefits plan coverage under Section 35.0031 may not be included for the purpose of determining the state children's health insurance...
- Texas Section 35.004 - Service Providers
(a) The executive commissioner shall adopt substantive and procedural rules for the selection of providers to participate in the program, including rules for the selection...
- Texas Section 35.0041 - Participation And Reimbursement Of Telemedicine Medical Service Providers
(a) The executive commissioner by rule shall develop and the department shall implement policies permitting reimbursement of a provider for services under the program performed...
- Texas Section 35.005 - Eligibility For Services
(a) The executive commissioner by rule shall: (1) define medical, financial, and other criteria for eligibility to receive services; and (2) establish a system for...
- Texas Section 35.006 - Denial, Modification, Suspension, Or Termination Of Services
(a) The executive commissioner shall adopt substantive and procedural rules for the denial of applications and the modification, suspension, or termination of services. (b) The...
- Texas Section 35.0061 - Referral For Behavioral Or Emotional Conditions
If a child with special health care needs who is eligible for services under this chapter has a behavioral or emotional condition and the child...
- Texas Section 35.007 - Financial Eligibility; Other Benefits
(a) The department shall require a child receiving services, or the person who has a legal obligation to support the child, to pay for or...
- Texas Section 35.008 - Recovery Of Costs
(a) The department may recover the cost of services provided under this chapter from a person who does not pay or reimburse the department as...
- Texas Section 35.009 - Fees
The executive commissioner by rule may adopt reasonable procedures and standards for the determination of fees and charges for program services. Acts 1989, 71st Leg.,...
- Texas Section 35.010 - Funding
The department may receive and spend: (1) gifts made for the purposes of this chapter; and (2) funds appropriated or granted by the state or...
- Texas Section 35.011 - Contracts
The department may enter into contracts and agreements necessary to carry out this chapter, including interagency agreements to provide for the efficient and uninterrupted provision...
- Texas Section 35.012 - Records
(a) The department may take a census, make surveys, and establish permanent records of children with special health care needs. (b) The department shall maintain...
- Texas Section 35.013 - Limitations On Authority
(a) This chapter does not limit the authority of a parent, managing conservator, or guardian over a minor. (b) This chapter does not entitle an...
Last modified: September 28, 2016