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TX Health & Safety Code § 61.059 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 2 - Health|Subtitle C - Programs Providing Health Care Benefits and Services|Chapter 61 - Indigent Health Care and Treatment Act|Subchapter C. Persons Who Reside in an Area Served by a Public Hospital or Hospital District|Section 61.059. Notification of Provision of Emergency Services

Sec. 61.059.  NOTIFICATION OF PROVISION OF EMERGENCY SERVICES.  (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 shall notify the hospital that emergency services have been or will be provided to the patient.  The notice shall be made:(1)  by telephone not later than the 72nd hour after the provider determines that the patient resides in the hospital's service area;  and(2)  by mail postmarked not later than the fifth working day after the date on which the provider determines that the patient resides in the hospital's service area.(b)  The provider shall attempt to determine if the patient resides in a public hospital's service area when the patient first receives services.(c)  The provider, the patient, and the patient's family shall cooperate with the public hospital in determining if the patient is an eligible resident of the hospital's service area.(d)  Not later than the 14th day after the date on which the public hospital receives sufficient information to determine eligibility, the hospital shall determine if the patient is eligible for assistance from the hospital. If the hospital does not determine the patient's eligibility within that period, the patient is considered to be eligible.  The hospital shall notify the provider of its decision.(e)  If the public hospital and the provider disagree on the patient's residence or eligibility, the hospital or the provider may submit the matter to the department as provided by Section 61.004.(f)  If a provider delivers emergency services to a patient who is eligible for assistance under this subchapter and fails to comply with this section, the provider is not eligible for payment for the services from the public hospital serving the area in which the patient resides.(g)  If emergency services are customarily available at a facility operated by a public hospital, that hospital is not liable for emergency services furnished to an eligible resident by another provider in the area the hospital has a legal obligation to serve.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.  Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1377, Sec. 1.21, eff. Sept. 1, 1999;  Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1128, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 61.060 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 2 - Health|Subtitle C - Programs Providing Health Care Benefits and Services|Chapter 61 - Indigent Health Care and Treatment Act|Subchapter C. Persons Who Reside in an Area Served by a Public Hospital or Hospital District|Section 61.060. Payment for Services

Sec. 61.060.  PAYMENT FOR SERVICES.  (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 another public hospital, to an eligible resident in the hospital's service area.  A public hospital is not liable for payment for health care services provided to:(1)  a person who does not reside in the hospital's service area;  or(2)  an eligible resident of the hospital's service area by a hospital having a Hill-Burton or state-mandated obligation to provide free services and considered to be in noncompliance with the requirements of the Hill-Burton or state-mandated obligation.(b)  A hospital district is liable for health care services as provided by the Texas Constitution and the statute creating the district.(c)  A public hospital is the payor of last resort under this subchapter and is not liable for payment or assistance to an eligible resident in the hospital's service area if any other public or private source of payment is available.(d)  If another source of payment does not adequately cover a health care service a public hospital provides to an eligible resident of the hospital's service area, the hospital shall pay for or provide the health care service for which other payment is not available.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 61.061 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 2 - Health|Subtitle C - Programs Providing Health Care Benefits and Services|Chapter 61 - Indigent Health Care and Treatment Act|Subchapter C. Persons Who Reside in an Area Served by a Public Hospital or Hospital District|Section 61.061. Payment Rates and Limits

Sec. 61.061.  PAYMENT RATES AND LIMITS.  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 hospital is required to provide if:(1)  the hospital cannot provide the services or emergency services that are required;  and(2)  the services are provided by an entity other than the hospital.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 61.062 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 2 - Health|Subtitle C - Programs Providing Health Care Benefits and Services|Chapter 61 - Indigent Health Care and Treatment Act|Subchapter C. Persons Who Reside in an Area Served by a Public Hospital or Hospital District|Section 61.062. Responsibility of Governmental Entity

Sec. 61.062.  RESPONSIBILITY OF GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY.  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 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.  Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1377, Sec. 1.22, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 61.063 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 2 - Health|Subtitle C - Programs Providing Health Care Benefits and Services|Chapter 61 - Indigent Health Care and Treatment Act|Subchapter C. Persons Who Reside in an Area Served by a Public Hospital or Hospital District|Section 61.063. Procedure to Change Eligibility Standards or Services Provided

Sec. 61.063.  PROCEDURE TO CHANGE ELIGIBILITY STANDARDS OR SERVICES PROVIDED.  (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 offers unless it complies with the requirements of this section.(b)  Not later than the 90th day before the date on which a change would take effect, the public hospital must publish notice of the proposed change in a newspaper of general circulation in the hospital's service area and set a date for a public hearing on the change.  The published notice must include the date, time, and place of the public meeting.  The notice is in addition to the notice required by Chapter 551, Government Code.(c)  Not later than the 30th day before the date on which the change would take effect, the public hospital must conduct a public meeting to discuss the change.  The meeting must be held at a convenient time in a convenient location in the hospital's service area.  Members of the public may testify at the meeting.(d)  If, based on the public testimony and on other relevant information, the governing body of the hospital finds that the change would not have a detrimental effect on access to health care for the residents the hospital serves, the hospital may adopt the change.  That finding must be formally adopted.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.  Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 5.95(82), eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 61.064 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 2 - Health|Subtitle C - Programs Providing Health Care Benefits and Services|Chapter 61 - Indigent Health Care and Treatment Act|Subchapter C. Persons Who Reside in an Area Served by a Public Hospital or Hospital District|Section 61.064. Transfer of a Public Hospital

Sec. 61.064.  TRANSFER OF A PUBLIC HOSPITAL.  (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 provide basic health care services under this chapter;(2)  shall adopt the eligibility standards that the hospital was or would have been required to adopt;  and(3)  shall provide the same services the hospital was or would have been required to provide under this chapter on the date of the closing, sale, or lease.(b)  If the governmental entity owned, operated, or leased the public hospital before January 1, 1985, and sold or leased the hospital on or after that date but before September 1, 1986, the obligation retained is the obligation the hospital would have had on September 1, 1986.(c)  Notwithstanding Subsections (a) and (b), if a hospital district that owns, operates, or leases a public hospital dissolves, the district has no responsibility under this chapter.  If on or before dissolution the district sold or transferred its hospital to another governmental entity, that governmental entity assumes the district's responsibility to provide health care services in accordance with this subchapter.  If the district did not sell or transfer the hospital to another governmental entity, the county shall provide health care services to the residents of the district's service area in accordance with Subchapter B.(d)  This section does not apply to a governmental entity that sold or leased a public hospital to a hospital district or a hospital authority on or after January 1, 1985, but before September 1, 1986.  If a governmental entity sold or leased a hospital as provided by this subsection, the hospital ceased being a public hospital for the purposes of this chapter on the date it was sold or leased, and neither the governmental entity nor the hospital district or hospital authority has any responsibility under this chapter.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.  Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1377, Sec. 1.23, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 61.065 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 2 - Health|Subtitle C - Programs Providing Health Care Benefits and Services|Chapter 61 - Indigent Health Care and Treatment Act|Subchapter C. Persons Who Reside in an Area Served by a Public Hospital or Hospital District|Section 61.065. County Responsibility for Hospital Sold on or After January 1, 1988

Sec. 61.065.  COUNTY RESPONSIBILITY FOR HOSPITAL SOLD ON OR AFTER JANUARY 1, 1988.  (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 county hospital that was leased at the time of the sale to a person who is not a governmental entity.(b)  On the date the hospital is sold, the hospital ceases being a public hospital for the purposes of this chapter, and the county shall provide health care services to county residents in accordance with Subchapter B.(c)  If the contract for the sale of the hospital provides for the provision by the hospital of health care services to county residents, the value of the health care services credited or paid in a state fiscal year under the contract is included as part of the computation of a county expenditure under Section 61.037 to the extent that the value of the services does not exceed the payment standard established by department rule for allowed inpatient and outpatient services.|Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1100, Sec. 5.10(c), eff. Sept. 1, 1989.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0187, eff. April 2, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 61.066 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 2 - Health|Subtitle C - Programs Providing Health Care Benefits and Services|Chapter 61 - Indigent Health Care and Treatment Act|Subchapter C. Persons Who Reside in an Area Served by a Public Hospital or Hospital District|Section 61.066. Prevention and Detection of Fraud

Sec. 61.066.  PREVENTION AND DETECTION OF FRAUD.  (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 which a question of fraud may exist, and for administrative hearings to be conducted on disqualifying persons in cases where fraud appears to exist.(b)  Procedures established by a hospital district for administrative hearings conducted under this section shall provide for appropriate due process, including procedures for appeals.(c)  A hospital district may recover, from the eligible resident perpetrating a fraud, an amount equal to the value of any fraudulently obtained health care services provided to the eligible resident disqualified under this section.|Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 563, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 27, 2001.Amended by: Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1320 (S.B. 303), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2011.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 61.068 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 2 - Health|Subtitle C - Programs Providing Health Care Benefits and Services|Chapter 61 - Indigent Health Care and Treatment Act|Subchapter C. Persons Who Reside in an Area Served by a Public Hospital or Hospital District|Section 61.068. Employment Services Program

Sec. 61.068.  EMPLOYMENT SERVICES PROGRAM.  (a)  A public hospital or hospital district may establish procedures consistent with those used by the commission under Chapter 31, Human Resources Code, for administering an employment services program and requiring an applicant or eligible resident to register for work with the Texas Workforce Commission.(b)  The public hospital or hospital district shall notify each person with a pending application and all eligible residents of the requirements of the employment services program not less than 30 days before the program is established.|Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1206 (S.B. 304), Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2011.Redesignated from Health and Safety Code, Section 61.067 by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 161 (S.B. 1093), Sec. 22.001(24), eff. September 1, 2013.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0189, eff. April 2, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 62.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 2 - Health|Subtitle C - Programs Providing Health Care Benefits and Services|Chapter 62 - Child Health Plan for Certain Low-Income Children|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 62.001. Objective of the State Child Health Plan

Sec. 62.001.  OBJECTIVE OF THE STATE CHILD HEALTH PLAN.  The principal objective of the state child health plan is to provide primary and preventative health care to low-income, uninsured children of this state, including children with special health care needs, who are not served by or eligible for other state assisted health insurance programs.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 235, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1999.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 62.002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 2 - Health|Subtitle C - Programs Providing Health Care Benefits and Services|Chapter 62 - Child Health Plan for Certain Low-Income Children|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 62.002. Definitions

Sec. 62.002.  DEFINITIONS.  In this chapter:(1)  Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1, Sec. 3.1639(22), eff. April 2, 2015.(2)  Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1, Sec. 3.1639(22), eff. April 2, 2015.(3)  "Health plan provider" means an insurance company, health maintenance organization, or other entity that provides health benefits coverage under the child health plan program.  The term includes a primary care case management provider network.(4)  "Household income" means the sum of the individual incomes of each individual in an applicant's or enrollee's household, minus the standard income disregard prescribed by federal law.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 235, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1999.  Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 198, Sec. 2.45, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.Amended by: Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1353 (H.B. 109), Sec. 1, eff. June 15, 2007.Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0190, eff. April 2, 2015.Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1639(22), eff. April 2, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 62.003 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 2 - Health|Subtitle C - Programs Providing Health Care Benefits and Services|Chapter 62 - Child Health Plan for Certain Low-Income Children|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 62.003. Not an Entitlement; Termination of Program

Sec. 62.003.  NOT AN ENTITLEMENT;  TERMINATION OF PROGRAM.  (a)  This chapter does not establish an entitlement to assistance in obtaining health benefits for a child.(b)  The program established under this chapter terminates at the time that federal funding terminates under Title XXI of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Section 1397aa et seq.), as amended, unless a successor program providing federal funding for a state-designed child health plan program is created.(c)  Unless the legislature authorizes the expenditure of other revenue for the program established under this chapter, the program terminates on the date that money obtained by the state as a result of the Comprehensive Settlement Agreement and Release filed in the case styled The State of Texas v. The American Tobacco Co., et al., No. 5-96CV-91, in the United States District Court, Eastern District of Texas, is no longer available to provide state funding for the program.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 235, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1999.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 62.004 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 2 - Health|Subtitle C - Programs Providing Health Care Benefits and Services|Chapter 62 - Child Health Plan for Certain Low-Income Children|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 62.004. Federal Law and Regulations

Sec. 62.004.  FEDERAL LAW AND REGULATIONS.  The executive commissioner shall monitor federal legislation affecting Title XXI of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Section 1397aa et seq.) and changes to the federal regulations implementing that law.  If the executive commissioner determines that a change to Title XXI of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Section 1397aa et seq.) or the federal regulations implementing that law conflicts with this chapter, the executive commissioner shall report the changes to the governor, lieutenant governor, and speaker of the house of representatives, with recommendations for legislation necessary to implement the federal law or regulations, seek a waiver, or withdraw from participation.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 235, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1999.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0191, eff. April 2, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 62.051 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 2 - Health|Subtitle C - Programs Providing Health Care Benefits and Services|Chapter 62 - Child Health Plan for Certain Low-Income Children|Subchapter B. Administration of Child Health Plan Program|Section 62.051. Duties of Executive Commissioner and Commission in General

 Sec. 62.051.  DUTIES OF EXECUTIVE COMMISSIONER AND COMMISSION IN GENERAL.  (a)  The executive commissioner shall administer a state-designed child health plan program to obtain health benefits coverage for children in low-income families.  The executive commissioner shall ensure that the child health plan program is designed and administered in a manner that qualifies for federal funding under Title XXI of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Section 1397aa et seq.), as amended, and any other applicable law or regulations.(b)  The executive commissioner is responsible for making policy for the child health plan program, including policy related to covered benefits provided under the child health plan.  The executive commissioner may not delegate this duty to another agency or entity.(c)  The executive commissioner shall oversee the implementation of the child health plan program and coordinate the activities of each agency necessary to the implementation of the program, including the Texas Department of Insurance.(d)  The executive commissioner shall adopt rules as necessary to implement this chapter. (e)  The commission shall conduct a review of each entity that enters into a contract under Section 62.055 or 62.155 to ensure that the entity is available, prepared, and able to fulfill the entity's obligations under the contract in compliance with the contract, this chapter, and rules adopted under this chapter.(f)  The commission shall ensure that the amounts spent for administration of the child health plan program do not exceed any limit on those expenditures imposed by federal law.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 235, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1999.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0192, eff. April 2, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 62.052 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 2 - Health|Subtitle C - Programs Providing Health Care Benefits and Services|Chapter 62 - Child Health Plan for Certain Low-Income Children|Subchapter B. Administration of Child Health Plan Program|Section 62.052. Authority of Commission Relating to Health Plan Provider Contracts

Sec. 62.052.  AUTHORITY OF COMMISSION RELATING TO HEALTH PLAN PROVIDER CONTRACTS.   The commission may:(1)  implement contracts with health plan providers under Section 62.155;(2)  monitor the health plan providers, through reporting requirements and other means, to ensure performance under the contracts and quality delivery of services;(3)  monitor the quality of services delivered to enrollees through outcome measurements including:(A)  rate of hospitalization for ambulatory sensitive conditions, including asthma, diabetes, epilepsy, dehydration, gastroenteritis, pneumonia, and UTI/kidney infection;(B)  rate of hospitalization for injuries;(C)  percent of enrolled adolescents reporting risky health behavior such as injuries, tobacco use, alcohol/drug use, dietary behavior, physical activity, or other health related behaviors; and(D)  percent of adolescents reporting attempted suicide; and(4)  provide payment under the contracts to the health plan providers.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 235, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1999.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0192, eff. April 2, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 62.053 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 2 - Health|Subtitle C - Programs Providing Health Care Benefits and Services|Chapter 62 - Child Health Plan for Certain Low-Income Children|Subchapter B. Administration of Child Health Plan Program|Section 62.053. Authority of Commission Relating to Eligibility and Medicaid Coordination

Sec. 62.053.  AUTHORITY OF COMMISSION RELATING TO ELIGIBILITY AND MEDICAID COORDINATION.  The commission may:(1)  accept applications for coverage under the child health plan and implement the child health plan program eligibility screening and enrollment procedures;(2)  resolve grievances relating to eligibility determinations; and(3)  coordinate the child health plan program with the Medicaid program.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 235, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1999.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0193, eff. April 2, 2015.|