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TX Health & Safety Code § 36.007 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 2 - Health|Subtitle B - Health Programs|Chapter 36 - Special Senses and Communication Disorders|Section 36.007. Provision of Remedial Services

Sec. 36.007.  PROVISION OF REMEDIAL SERVICES.  (a)  The department may provide remedial services directly or through approved providers to eligible individuals who have certain special senses and communication disorders and who are not eligible for special education services that remediate those disorders and that are administered by the Texas Education Agency through the public schools.(b)  The executive commissioner by rule shall:(1)  describe the type, amount, and duration of remedial services that the department provides;(2)  establish medical, financial, and other criteria to be applied by the department in determining an individual's eligibility for the services;(3)  establish criteria for the selection by the department of providers of remedial services; and(4)  establish procedures necessary to provide remedial services.(c)  The executive commissioner may establish a schedule to determine financial eligibility.(d)  The department may not require remedial services without the consent of the individual or, if the individual is a minor, the minor's parent, managing conservator, or guardian.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.  Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 6.34, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0123, eff. April 2, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 36.008 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 2 - Health|Subtitle B - Health Programs|Chapter 36 - Special Senses and Communication Disorders|Section 36.008. Individuals Eligible for Remedial Services

Sec. 36.008.  INDIVIDUALS ELIGIBLE FOR REMEDIAL SERVICES.  (a)  An individual is not eligible to receive the remedial services authorized by this chapter to the extent that the individual or the parent, managing conservator, or other person with a legal obligation to support the individual is eligible for some other benefit that would pay for all or part of the services.(b)  The department may waive ineligibility under Subsection (a) if the department finds that:(1)  good cause for the waiver is shown;  and(2)  enforcement of the requirement would tend to defeat the purpose of this chapter or disrupt the administration or prevent the provision of remedial services to an otherwise eligible recipient.(c)  When an application for remedial services is filed or at any time that an individual is eligible for and receiving remedial services, the applicant or recipient shall inform the department of any other benefit to which the applicant, recipient, or person with a legal obligation to support the applicant or recipient may be entitled.(d)  The department may modify, suspend, or terminate the eligibility of an applicant for or recipient of remedial services after notice to the affected individual and an opportunity for a fair hearing that is conducted in accordance with the department's informal hearing rules.(e)  The executive commissioner by rule shall provide criteria for actions taken under this section.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0124, eff. April 2, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 36.009 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 2 - Health|Subtitle B - Health Programs|Chapter 36 - Special Senses and Communication Disorders|Section 36.009. Reimbursement

Sec. 36.009.  REIMBURSEMENT.  (a)  The executive commissioner may require an individual or, if the individual is a minor, the minor's parent, managing conservator, or guardian, to pay or reimburse the department for a part of the cost of the remedial services provided.(b)  The recipient or the parent, managing conservator, or other person with a legal obligation to support an individual who has received remedial services from the department that are covered by some other benefit shall, when the other benefit is received, reimburse the department for the cost of services provided.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0125, eff. April 2, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 36.010 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 2 - Health|Subtitle B - Health Programs|Chapter 36 - Special Senses and Communication Disorders|Section 36.010. Recovery of Costs

Sec. 36.010.  RECOVERY OF COSTS.  (a)  The department is entitled to recover an expenditure for services provided under this chapter from:(1)  a person who does not reimburse the department as required by this chapter;  or(2)  a third party with a legal obligation to pay other benefits and who has notice of the department's interests in the other benefits.(b)  The commissioner may request the attorney general to bring suit in the appropriate court of Travis County on behalf of the department. A suit brought under this section need not be ancillary or dependent on any other action.(c)  In a judgment in favor of the department, the court may award attorney's fees, court costs, and interest accruing from the date on which the department provides the service to the date on which the department is reimbursed.(d)  The executive commissioner by rule shall provide criteria for actions taken under this section.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0126, eff. April 2, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 36.011 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 2 - Health|Subtitle B - Health Programs|Chapter 36 - Special Senses and Communication Disorders|Section 36.011. Qualifications of Persons Providing Screening and Remedial Services

Sec. 36.011.  QUALIFICATIONS OF PERSONS PROVIDING SCREENING AND REMEDIAL SERVICES.  (a)  The department in accordance with department rules may require that persons who administer special senses and communication disorders screening complete an approved training program, and the department may train those persons and approve training programs.(b)  A person who provides speech and language screening services authorized by this chapter must be:(1)  appropriately licensed;  or(2)  trained and monitored by a person who is appropriately licensed.(c)  A person who is not an appropriately licensed professional may not conduct hearing screening authorized by this chapter other than screening of hearing sensitivity.  The person shall refer an individual who is unable to respond reliably to that screening to an appropriately licensed professional.(d)  A person who provides a professional examination or remedial services authorized by this chapter for speech, language, or hearing disorders must be appropriately licensed.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0127, eff. April 2, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 36.012 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 2 - Health|Subtitle B - Health Programs|Chapter 36 - Special Senses and Communication Disorders|Section 36.012. Research

Sec. 36.012.  RESEARCH.  (a)  The department may conduct research and compile statistics on the provision of remedial services to individuals with special senses and communication disorders and on the availability of those services in the state.(b)  Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1083, Sec. 25(80), eff. June 17, 2011.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.Amended by: Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1050 (S.B. 71), Sec. 7, eff. September 1, 2011.Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1050 (S.B. 71), Sec. 22(2), eff. September 1, 2011.Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1083 (S.B. 1179), Sec. 25(80), eff. June 17, 2011.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 36.013 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 2 - Health|Subtitle B - Health Programs|Chapter 36 - Special Senses and Communication Disorders|Section 36.013. Funding

Sec. 36.013.  FUNDING.  The department may accept appropriations, donations, and reimbursements, including donations of prosthetic devices, and may apply those items to the purposes of this chapter.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 36.014 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 2 - Health|Subtitle B - Health Programs|Chapter 36 - Special Senses and Communication Disorders|Section 36.014. Contracts

Sec. 36.014.  CONTRACTS.  The department may enter into contracts and agreements necessary to administer this chapter, including contracts for the purchase of remedial services.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 37.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 2 - Health|Subtitle B - Health Programs|Chapter 37 - Abnormal Spinal Curvature in Children|Section 37.001. Screening Program for Abnormal Spinal Curvature

Sec. 37.001.  SCREENING PROGRAM FOR ABNORMAL SPINAL CURVATURE.  (a)  The department, in cooperation with the Texas Education Agency, shall establish a program to detect abnormal spinal curvature in children.(b)  The executive commissioner, in cooperation with the Texas Education Agency, shall adopt rules for the mandatory spinal screening of children attending public or private schools.  In adopting rules under this subsection, the executive commissioner shall consider the most recent nationally accepted and peer-reviewed scientific research in determining the appropriate ages for conducting the spinal screening. The department shall coordinate the spinal screening program with any other screening program conducted by the department on those children.(b-1)  The executive commissioner, in cooperation with the Texas Education Agency, by rule shall develop a process to notify a parent, managing conservator, or guardian of:(1)  the screening requirement;(2)  the purposes of and reasons for the screening requirement, including prevention of painful scoliosis correction surgery and medical risks to the child if screening is declined;(3)  the noninvasive nature of the method used to conduct the screening; and(4)  the method for declining to comply with the screening requirement through the use of an exemption described by Section 37.002(b).(c)  The executive commissioner shall adopt substantive and procedural rules necessary to administer screening activities.(d)  A rule adopted by the executive commissioner under this chapter may not require any expenditure by a school, other than an incidental expense required for certification training for nonhealth practitioners and for notification requirements under Section 37.003.(e)  The department may coordinate the spinal screening activities of school districts, private schools, state agencies, volunteer organizations, and other entities so that the efforts of each entity are complementary and not duplicative.  The department may provide technical assistance to those entities in developing screening programs and may provide educational and other material to assist local screening activities.(f)  The department shall monitor the quality of screening activities provided under this chapter.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.  Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 6.36, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0128, eff. April 2, 2015.Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 336 (H.B. 1076), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2017.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 37.002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 2 - Health|Subtitle B - Health Programs|Chapter 37 - Abnormal Spinal Curvature in Children|Section 37.002. Compliance With Screening Requirements

Sec. 37.002.  COMPLIANCE WITH SCREENING REQUIREMENTS.  (a)  Each individual required by a department rule to be screened shall undergo approved screening for abnormal spinal curvature.  The individual's parent, managing conservator, or guardian may substitute professional examinations for the screening.(b)  An individual is exempt from screening if screening conflicts with the tenets and practices of a recognized church or religious denomination of which the individual is an adherent or a member.  To qualify for the exemption, the individual's parent, managing conservator, or guardian must submit to the chief administrator on or before the day of the screening procedure an affidavit stating the objections to screening.(c)  The chief administrator of each school shall ensure that each individual admitted to the school complies with the screening requirements set by the executive commissioner or submits an affidavit of exemption.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0129, eff. April 2, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 37.003 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 2 - Health|Subtitle B - Health Programs|Chapter 37 - Abnormal Spinal Curvature in Children|Section 37.003. Reports

Sec. 37.003.  REPORTS.  (a)  If the screening performed under this chapter indicates that an individual may have abnormal spinal curvature, the individual performing the screening shall fill out a report on a form prescribed by the department.(b)  The chief administrator of the school shall retain one copy of the report and shall mail one copy to the parent, managing conservator, or guardian of the individual screened.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 37.004 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 2 - Health|Subtitle B - Health Programs|Chapter 37 - Abnormal Spinal Curvature in Children|Section 37.004. Qualifications of Persons Providing Screening

Sec. 37.004.  QUALIFICATIONS OF PERSONS PROVIDING SCREENING.  (a)  The department may train persons who administer the spinal screening procedure and may approve training programs.(b)  A person who provides screening services authorized by this chapter must be:(1)  appropriately licensed or certified as a health practitioner;  or(2)  certified as having completed an approved training program in screening for abnormal spinal curvature.(c)  A person who provides a professional examination authorized by this chapter for abnormal spinal curvature must be appropriately licensed or certified as a health practitioner.(d)  It is the intent of the legislature that the department provide certification training for nonhealth practitioners through Texas Education Agency regional education service centers.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.  Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 6.37, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 37.005 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 2 - Health|Subtitle B - Health Programs|Chapter 37 - Abnormal Spinal Curvature in Children|Section 37.005. Funding

Sec. 37.005.  FUNDING.  The department may accept appropriations, donations, and reimbursements and may apply those items to the purposes of this chapter.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 37.006 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 2 - Health|Subtitle B - Health Programs|Chapter 37 - Abnormal Spinal Curvature in Children|Section 37.006. Contracts

Sec. 37.006.  CONTRACTS.  The department may enter into contracts and agreements necessary to administer this chapter.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 40.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 2 - Health|Subtitle B - Health Programs|Chapter 40 - Epilepsy|Section 40.001. Definition

Sec. 40.001.  DEFINITION.  In this chapter, "epilepsy" means a variable symptom complex characterized by recurrent paroxysmal attacks of unconsciousness or impaired consciousness, usually with a succession of clonic or tonic muscular spasms or other abnormal behavior.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 40.002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 2 - Health|Subtitle B - Health Programs|Chapter 40 - Epilepsy|Section 40.002. Epilepsy Program

Sec. 40.002.  EPILEPSY PROGRAM.   The department, with approval of the executive commissioner, may establish an epilepsy program to provide diagnostic services, treatment, and support services to eligible persons who have epilepsy.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0133, eff. April 2, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 40.003 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 2 - Health|Subtitle B - Health Programs|Chapter 40 - Epilepsy|Section 40.003. Rules

Sec. 40.003.  RULES.  The executive commissioner may adopt rules the executive commissioner considers necessary to define the scope of the epilepsy program and the medical and financial standards for eligibility.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0134, eff. April 2, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 40.004 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 2 - Health|Subtitle B - Health Programs|Chapter 40 - Epilepsy|Section 40.004. Administration

Sec. 40.004.  ADMINISTRATION.  (a)  The commissioner, with the approval of the executive commissioner, may appoint an administrator to carry out the epilepsy program.(b)  The administrator shall report to and be under the direction of the commissioner.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0135, eff. April 2, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 40.005 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 2 - Health|Subtitle B - Health Programs|Chapter 40 - Epilepsy|Section 40.005. Fees

Sec. 40.005.  FEES.  Program patients may be charged a fee for services according to rules adopted by the executive commissioner.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0136, eff. April 2, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 40.006 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 2 - Health|Subtitle B - Health Programs|Chapter 40 - Epilepsy|Section 40.006. Funding

Sec. 40.006.  FUNDING.  The department may seek, receive, and spend any funds received through appropriations, grants, or donations from public or private sources for the purposes of the epilepsy program.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 40.007 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 2 - Health|Subtitle B - Health Programs|Chapter 40 - Epilepsy|Section 40.007. Contracts

Sec. 40.007.  CONTRACTS.  The department may enter into contracts or other agreements it considers necessary to facilitate the provision of services under this chapter, including contracts with other departments, agencies, boards, educational institutions, individuals, county governments, municipal governments, states, and the United States.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 41.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 2 - Health|Subtitle B - Health Programs|Chapter 41 - Hemophilia|Section 41.001. Definitions

Sec. 41.001.  DEFINITIONS.  In this chapter:(1)  "Hemophilia" means a human physical condition characterized by bleeding resulting from a genetically or hereditarily determined deficiency of a blood coagulation factor resulting in an abnormal or deficient plasma procoagulant.(2)  "Other benefit" means a benefit, other than a benefit under this chapter, to which a person is entitled for payment of the costs of blood factor replacement products and other substances provided under this chapter, including benefits available from:(A)  an insurance policy, group health plan, or prepaid medical or dental care plan;(B)  Title XVIII or Title XIX of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 1395 et seq. or 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1396 et seq.);(C)  the United States Department of Veterans Affairs;(D)  the TRICARE program of the United States Department of Defense;(E)  workers' compensation or any compulsory employers' insurance program;(F)  a public program created by federal law, state law, or the ordinances or rules of a municipality or political subdivision of the state, excluding benefits created by the establishment of a municipal or county hospital, a joint municipal-county hospital, a county hospital authority, a hospital district, or the facilities of a publicly supported medical school;  or(G)  a cause of action for medical or dental expenses to a person applying for or receiving services from the department, or a settlement or judgment based on the cause of action, if the expenses are related to the need for services provided under this chapter.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0137, eff. April 2, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 41.002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 2 - Health|Subtitle B - Health Programs|Chapter 41 - Hemophilia|Section 41.002. Hemophilia Assistance Program

Sec. 41.002.  HEMOPHILIA ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.  (a)  The hemophilia assistance program is in the department to assist persons who have hemophilia and who require continuing treatment with blood factor replacement products, but who are unable to pay the entire cost of the treatment.(b)  The executive commissioner shall establish standards of eligibility for assistance under this chapter in accordance with Section 41.004.(c)  The department shall provide, through approved providers, financial assistance for medically eligible persons in obtaining blood factor replacement products and other substances for use in medical or dental facilities or in the home.(d)  In addition to providing financial assistance under Subsection (c), the department may assist an eligible person in obtaining insurance by providing premium payment assistance.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0138, eff. April 2, 2015.Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 704 (H.B. 1038), Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 41.003 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 2 - Health|Subtitle B - Health Programs|Chapter 41 - Hemophilia|Section 41.003. Administration

Sec. 41.003.  ADMINISTRATION.  (a)  The commissioner may employ or appoint an administrator who shall carry out the hemophilia assistance program and report to the commissioner.(b)  The administrator may employ two persons to help carry out the program.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 41.004 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 2 - Health|Subtitle B - Health Programs|Chapter 41 - Hemophilia|Section 41.004. Financial Eligibility

Sec. 41.004.  FINANCIAL ELIGIBILITY.  (a)  A person is not eligible to receive services provided by this chapter:(1)  to the extent that another person with a legal obligation to provide for the person's care and treatment is financially able to pay for all or part of the services provided by this chapter;  or(2)  to the extent that the person or a person with a legal obligation to support the person is eligible for some other benefit that would pay for all or part of the services provided by this chapter.(b)  When the application is made under this chapter or when the services are received, the person applying for or receiving services shall inform the department of any other benefit to which the person or any other person with a legal obligation to support the person may be entitled.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|