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Tex. Government Code § 411.139 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 411 / Section 411.139
§ 411.139.
Status: in_force

Sec. 411.139. ACCESS TO CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD INFORMATION: STATE SECURITIES BOARD. (a) The securities commissioner is entitled to obtain from the department criminal history record information maintained by the department that relates to a person who is:

(1) an applicant for a certificate of registration under The Securities Act (Title 12, Government Code);

(2) a holder of a certificate of registration under The Securities Act (Title 12, Government Code);

(3) an applicant for employment by the State Securities Board; or

(4) an employee of the State Securities Board.

(b) Criminal history record information obtained by the securities commissioner under this section may not be released by any person or agency except on court order or with the consent of the person who is the subject of the criminal history record information, unless the information is entered into evidence by the State Securities Board or a court at an administrative proceeding or a civil or criminal action under The Securities Act (Title 12, Government Code).
Tex. Insurance Code § 562.056 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 562 / Section 562.056
§ 562.056. CERTAIN METHODS OF PROMOTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) It is an unfair method of competition or an unfair or deceptive act or practice in the business of discount health care programs for a discount health care program operator to pay any consideration to a health care services provider or employee of a health care services provider:

(1) to encourage an individual to claim a discount for prescription drugs under a discount health care program; or

(2) to include discount health care program information on a prescription for a drug or in materials accompanying the prescription.

(b) It is an unfair method of competition or an unfair or deceptive act or practice in the business of discount health care programs for a discount health care program operator to provide a person with written prescription forms that could reasonably mislead an individual to believe that the discount health care program is health insurance or provides coverage similar to health insurance.
Tex. Transportation Code § 623.216 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 623 / Section 623.216
§ 623.216. TIME OF MOVEMENT.
Status: in_force

A permit issued under this subchapter shall specify the time in which movement authorized by the permit is allowed.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 614.020 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 614 / Section 614.020
§ 614.020. YOUTH ASSERTIVE COMMUNITY TREATMENT PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

(a) The office may establish and maintain in Tarrant County an assertive community treatment program to provide treatment, rehabilitation, and support services to individuals in that county who:

(1) are under 18 years of age;

(2) have severe and persistent mental illness;

(3) have a history of:

(A) multiple hospitalizations;

(B) poor performance in school;

(C) placement in emergency shelters or residential treatment facilities; or

(D) chemical dependency or abuse; and

(4) have been placed on probation by a juvenile court.

(b) The program must be modeled after other assertive community treatment programs established by the Department of State Health Services. The program is limited to serving not more than 30 program participants at any time.

(c) If the office creates and maintains a program under this section, the office shall provide for the program a team of licensed or degreed professionals in the clinical treatment or rehabilitation field to administer the program. A team provided under this subsection must include:

(1) a registered nurse to provide full-time direct services to the program participants; and

(2) a psychiatrist available to the program for 10 or more hours each week.

(d) In administering the program, the program's professional team shall:

(1) provide psychiatric, substance abuse, and employment services to program participants;

(2) maintain a ratio of one or more team members for each 10 program participants to the extent practicable;

(3) be available to program participants during evening and weekend hours;

(4) meet the needs of special populations;

(5) maintain at all times availability for addressing and managing a psychiatric crisis of any program participant; and

(6) cover the geographic areas served by the program.

(e) The office and the program shall cooperate with or contract with local agencies to avoid duplication of services and to maximize federal Medicaid funding.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1255.103 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1255 / Section 1255.103
§ 1255.103. EXPLANATION OF COVERED FAMILY LEAVE REASONS.
Status: in_force

A group family leave insurance policy must provide the details regarding and requirements for each covered family leave reason.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1103.455 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1103 / Section 1103.455
§ 1103.455. REPORT OF INVESTIGATION REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

(a) At the conclusion of the investigation of a complaint, the investigator shall prepare a written report to enable the board to determine what further action is necessary.

(b) The report must contain:

(1) statements of fact;

(2) the recommendations of the investigator; and

(3) the position or defense of the investigated appraiser or appraiser trainee.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1651.104 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1651 / Section 1651.104
§ 1651.104. LONG-TERM CARE INSURANCE POLICY FOR PARTNERSHIP FOR LONG-TERM CARE PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

The commissioner, in consultation with the Health and Human Services Commission, shall adopt minimum standards for a long-term care benefit plan that may qualify as an approved plan under the partnership for long-term care program. The standards must be consistent with provisions governing the expansion of a state long-term care partnership program established under the federal Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (Pub. L. No. 109-171).
Tex. Insurance Code § 425.066 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 425 / Section 425.066
§ 425.066. MINIMUM AGGREGATE RESERVES.
Status: in_force

(a) An insurance company's aggregate reserves for all life insurance policies, excluding disability or accidental death benefits, issued by the company on or after the date on which Chapter 1105 applies to policies issued by the company, as determined under Section 1105.002(a) or (b), may not be less than the aggregate reserves computed in accordance with the methods prescribed by Sections 425.064, 425.065, 425.068, and 425.069 and the mortality table or tables and interest rate or rates used in computing nonforfeiture benefits for those policies.

(b) The aggregate reserves of an insurance company to which this section applies for all policies, contracts, and benefits may not be less than the aggregate reserves determined to be necessary to issue a favorable opinion under Section 425.054.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 6601.106 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 6601 / Section 6601.106
§ 6601.106. MOSQUITO HAZARD.
Status: in_force

(a) The legislature finds that to properly drain and reclaim overflowed lands and other lands needing drainage within the district and to restore and preserve its waters for beneficial use, it is necessary to reduce and alleviate the mosquito hazard existing in and around the lands needing drainage.

(b) The board may purchase the equipment and supplies necessary to conduct mosquito control work and may pay for the labor necessary to operate and maintain the equipment from money available for that purpose.

(c) If the board determines that an election should be held to impose a tax for mosquito control work, the tax must be:

(1) submitted to the voters in a separate proposition from any bond tax, maintenance tax, or other tax of the district considered at the same election; and

(2) authorized in the manner provided by Section 49.107, Water Code.

(d) The board may enter into a contract with a person, firm, partnership, or corporation as necessary to obtain and provide mosquito control. All available revenue accruing from the mosquito control may be used to defray the cost of the control.

(e) Section 311.005(2), Government Code (Code Construction Act), does not apply to this section.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 101.619 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 101 / Section 101.619
§ 101.619. CANCELLATION OF EVENT REQUIRING WINDING UP.
Status: in_force

(a) Unless the cancellation is prohibited by the company agreement, an event requiring winding up of the protected series or registered series under Section 101.616(2)(A) or (B) may be canceled by the consent of all of the members of the protected series or registered series before the termination of the protected series or registered series takes effect.

(b) In connection with the cancellation, the members must amend the company agreement to:

(1) eliminate or extend the time specified for the protected series or registered series if the event requiring winding up of the protected series or registered series occurred under Section 101.616(2)(A); or

(2) eliminate or revise the event specified with respect to the protected series or registered series if the event requiring winding up of the protected series or registered series occurred under Section 101.616(2)(B).
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 534.110 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 534 / Section 534.110
§ 534.110. PROGRAM AND SERVICE MONITORING AND REVIEW OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall develop mechanisms for monitoring the services provided by a local intellectual and developmental disability authority.

(b) The department shall review the program quality and program performance results of a local intellectual and developmental disability authority in accordance with a risk assessment and evaluation system appropriate to the authority's contract requirements. The department may determine the scope of the review.

(c) A contract between a local intellectual and developmental disability authority and the department must authorize the department to have unrestricted access to all facilities, records, data, and other information under the control of the authority as necessary to enable the department to audit, monitor, and review the financial and program activities and services associated with department funds.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 79.001 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 79 / Section 79.001
§ 79.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Compact" means the Interstate Pest Control Compact.

(2) "Executive head" as used in the compact, with reference to this state, means the governor.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 61.052 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 61 / Section 61.052
§ 61.052. GENERAL REGULATORY DUTY.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall regulate the periods of time when it is lawful to hunt, take, or possess game animals, game birds, or aquatic animal life in or from the places covered by this chapter.

(b) The commission shall regulate the means, methods, and places in which it is lawful to hunt, take, or possess game animals, game birds, or aquatic animal life in or from the places covered by this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3806.007 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3806 / Section 3806.007
§ 3806.007. LIBERAL CONSTRUCTION OF CHAPTER.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be liberally construed in conformity with the findings and purposes stated in this chapter.
Tex. Labor Code § 21.4031 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 21 / Section 21.4031
§ 21.4031. EXCEPTIONS TO CONFIDENTIALITY.
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to Subchapter G, Chapter 411, Government Code, genetic information may be disclosed without an authorization required under Section 21.4032 if the disclosure is:

(1) authorized under a state or federal criminal law relating to:

(A) the identification of individuals; or

(B) a criminal or juvenile proceeding, an inquest, or a child fatality review by a multidisciplinary child-abuse team;

(2) required under a specific order of a state or federal court;

(3) for the purpose of establishing paternity as authorized under a state or federal law;

(4) made to provide genetic information relating to a decedent and the disclosure is made to the blood relatives of the decedent for medical diagnosis; or

(5) made to identify a decedent.

(b) Genetic information may be disclosed without an authorization under Section 21.4032 if:

(1) the disclosure is for information from a research study in which the procedure for obtaining informed written consent and the use of the information is governed by national standards for protecting participants involved in research projects, including guidelines issued under 21 C.F.R. Part 50 and 45 C.F.R. Part 46;

(2) the information does not identify a specific individual; and

(3) the information is provided to the Texas Department of Health to comply with Chapter 87, Health and Safety Code.
Tex. Family Code § 157.375 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 157 / Section 157.375
§ 157.375. IMMUNITY TO CIVIL PROCESS.
Status: in_force

(a) While in this state for the sole purpose of compelling the return of a child through a habeas corpus proceeding, the relator is not amenable to civil process and is not subject to the jurisdiction of any civil court except the court in which the writ is pending. The relator is subject to process and jurisdiction in that court only for the purpose of prosecuting the writ.

(b) A request by the relator for costs, attorney's fees, and necessary travel and other expenses under Chapter 106 or 152 is not a waiver of immunity to civil process.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8082.0305 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8082 / Section 8082.0305
§ 8082.0305. COMPLIANCE WITH MUNICIPAL CONSENT ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION.
Status: in_force

The district shall comply with all applicable requirements of any ordinance or resolution that is adopted under Section 54.016 or 54.0165, Water Code, and that consents to the creation of the district or to the inclusion of land in the district.
Tex. Occupations Code § 301.161 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 301 / Section 301.161
§ 301.161. ENFORCEMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall aid in the enforcement of this chapter.

(b) The board may:

(1) issue a subpoena;

(2) compel the attendance of a witness;

(3) administer an oath to a person giving testimony at hearings; and

(4) cause the prosecution of each person violating this chapter.

(c) The attorney general shall provide legal assistance necessary to enforce this chapter. This subsection does not relieve a local prosecuting officer of any duty under the law.

(d) The board may establish a criminal investigations unit to investigate suspected criminal acts relating to the practice of nursing as authorized by this chapter.

(e) The board may assist federal, state, or local law enforcement agencies in the investigation and prosecution of crimes related to the practice of nursing.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7996.0102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7996 / Section 7996.0102
§ 7996.0102. NATURE OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The district is a municipal utility district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Local Government Code § 336.202 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 336 / Section 336.202
§ 336.202. FEES; GENERAL.
Status: in_force

(a) A district may impose any necessary charges or fee for providing a district service.

(b) A district may discontinue a service to enforce payment of an unpaid charge or fee that is owed to the district.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 33.053 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 33 / Section 33.053
§ 33.053. USE OF TECHNOLOGY TO PROMOTE EFFICIENCY AND FRAUD DETECTION.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall consider the feasibility and cost-effectiveness of using readily available document scanning technology to reduce storage and maintenance costs and potential loss of data by creating electronic case files for supplemental nutrition assistance cases instead of maintaining physical files for those cases. The commission shall use that technology if determined feasible and cost-effective.

(b) The commission shall implement, if feasible and cost-effective, a risk scoring program for supplemental nutrition assistance applications to streamline the eligibility determination process, reduce errors, and strengthen fraud detection. A risk scoring program implemented by the commission must be capable of ranking applications based on complexity so that:

(1) more experienced eligibility determination staff members can be used to process more difficult cases and cases with fraud characteristics; and

(2) applications ranked as low-risk on fraud characteristics can be processed more expeditiously.
Tex. Government Code § 813.504 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 813 / Section 813.504
§ 813.504. ELIGIBILITY FOR SERVICE CREDIT PREVIOUSLY CANCELED.
Status: in_force

A person may reestablish service credit previously canceled in the retirement system if the person is a member of the employee class and at least six months have elapsed since the end of the month in which the cancellation became effective.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7918.005 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7918 / Section 7918.005
§ 7918.005. FINDINGS OF PUBLIC PURPOSE AND BENEFIT.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is created to serve a public purpose and benefit.

(b) The district is created to accomplish the purposes of:

(1) a municipal utility district as provided by general law and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution; and

(2) Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, that relate to the construction, acquisition, improvement, operation, or maintenance of macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
Tex. Family Code § 35.004 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 35 / Section 35.004
§ 35.004. NOTICE; HEARING.
Status: in_force

(a) On receipt of the petition, the court shall set a hearing.

(b) A copy of the petition and notice of the hearing shall be delivered to the parent, conservator, or guardian of the child by personal service or by certified mail, return receipt requested, at the last known address of the parent, conservator, or guardian.

(c) Proof of service under Subsection (b) must be filed with the court at least three days before the date of the hearing.
Tex. Family Code § 8.063 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 8 / Section 8.063
§ 8.063. ATTORNEY'S FEES, COURT COSTS, AND EXPENSES.
Status: in_force

In a proceeding under Section 8.056, 8.057, or 8.059, the court may award reasonable and necessary attorney's fees, court costs, and expenses incurred by a party to the divorce or annulment. The court may order the fees, costs, expenses, and any postjudgment interest to be paid directly to the attorney, who may enforce the order in the attorney's own name by any means available for the enforcement of a judgment for debt.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1662.104 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1662 / Section 1662.104
§ 1662.104. NETWORK RATE DISCLOSURES.
Status: in_force

(a) If a health benefit plan issuer or administrator does not use negotiated rates for health care provider reimbursement, the issuer or administrator shall disclose for purposes of Section 1662.103(a)(1)(C) derived amounts to the extent those amounts are already calculated in the normal course of business.

(b) If a health benefit plan issuer or administrator uses underlying fee schedule rates for calculating cost sharing, the issuer or administrator shall disclose for purposes of Section 1662.103(a)(1)(C) the underlying fee schedule rates in addition to the negotiated rate or derived amount.

(c) The applicable rates, including for both individual health care services and supplies and services and supplies in a bundled payment arrangement, that a health benefit plan issuer or administrator must provide under Section 1662.103(a)(1)(C) must be:

(1) except as provided by Subdivision (2), reflected as dollar amounts with respect to each covered health care service or supply that is provided by a network provider;

(2) the base negotiated rate applicable to the service or supply before an adjustment for enrollee characteristics if the rate is a negotiated rate subject to change based on enrollee characteristics;

(3) associated with the national provider identifier, tax identification number, and place of service code for each network provider;

(4) associated with the last date of the contract term or expiration date for each health care provider-specific applicable rate that applies to each covered service or supply; and

(5) indicated with a notation where a reimbursement arrangement other than a standard fee-for-service model, including capitation or a bundled payment arrangement, applies.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 166.081 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 166 / Section 166.081
§ 166.081. DEFINITIONS.
Status: repealed

In this subchapter:

(1) Repealed by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1228, Sec. 8.

(2) "DNR identification device" means an identification device specified by department rule under Section 166.101 that is worn for the purpose of identifying a person who has executed or issued an out-of-hospital DNR order or on whose behalf an out-of-hospital DNR order has been executed or issued under this subchapter.

(3) "Emergency medical services" has the meaning assigned by Section 773.003.

(4) "Emergency medical services personnel" has the meaning assigned by Section 773.003.

(5) "Health care professionals" means physicians, physician assistants, nurses, and emergency medical services personnel and, unless the context requires otherwise, includes hospital emergency personnel.

(6) "Out-of-hospital DNR order":

(A) means a legally binding out-of-hospital do-not-resuscitate order, in the form specified by department rule under Section 166.083, prepared and signed by the attending physician of a person, that documents the instructions of a person or the person's legally authorized representative and directs health care professionals acting in an out-of-hospital setting not to initiate or continue the following life-sustaining treatment:

(i) cardiopulmonary resuscitation;

(ii) advanced airway management;

(iii) artificial ventilation;

(iv) defibrillation;

(v) transcutaneous cardiac pacing; and

(vi) other life-sustaining treatment specified by department rule under Section 166.101(a); and

(B) does not include authorization to withhold medical interventions or therapies considered necessary to provide comfort care or to alleviate pain or to provide water or nutrition.

(7) "Out-of-hospital setting" means a location in which health care professionals are called for assistance, including long-term care facilities, in-patient hospice facilities, private homes, hospital outpatient or emergency departments, physician's offices, and vehicles during transport.

(8) "Proxy" means a person designated and authorized by a directive executed or issued in accordance with Subchapter B to make a treatment decision for another person in the event the other person becomes incompetent or otherwise mentally or physically incapable of communication.

(9) "Qualified relatives" means those persons authorized to execute or issue an out-of-hospital DNR order on behalf of a person who is incompetent or otherwise mentally or physically incapable of communication under Section 166.088.

(10) "Statewide out-of-hospital DNR protocol" means a set of statewide standardized procedures adopted by the executive commissioner under Section 166.101(a) for withholding cardiopulmonary resuscitation and certain other life-sustaining treatment by health care professionals acting in out-of-hospital settings.