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TX Govt Code § 487.251 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 4 - Executive Branch|Subtitle F - Commerce and Industrial Development|Chapter 487 - Office of Rural Affairs in Department of Agriculture|Subchapter G. Texas Health Service Corps Program for Medically Underserved Areas|Section 487.251. Definitions

Sec. 487.251.  DEFINITIONS.  In this subchapter:(1)  "Medically underserved area" means an area designated by the United States secretary of health and human services as having:(A)  a shortage of personal health services or a population group that has such a shortage as provided by 42 U.S.C. Section 300e-1(7);  or(B)  a health professional shortage as provided by 42 U.S.C. Section 254e(a)(1).(2)  "Physician" means a resident physician who is enrolled in an accredited residency training program in this state in the specialty of:(A)  family practice;(B)  general internal medicine;(C)  general pediatric medicine;  or(D)  general obstetrics and gynecology.|Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1424, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.|
TX Govt Code § 487.252 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 4 - Executive Branch|Subtitle F - Commerce and Industrial Development|Chapter 487 - Office of Rural Affairs in Department of Agriculture|Subchapter G. Texas Health Service Corps Program for Medically Underserved Areas|Section 487.252. Texas Health Service Corps Program

Sec. 487.252.  TEXAS HEALTH SERVICE CORPS PROGRAM.  (a)  Subject to available funding, the department shall establish a program to assist communities in recruiting and retaining physicians to practice in medically underserved areas.(b)  The department by rule shall establish:(1)  eligibility criteria for applicants;(2)  stipend application procedures;(3)  guidelines relating to stipend amounts;(4)  procedures for evaluating stipend applications; and(5)  a system of priorities relating to the:(A)  geographic areas covered;(B)  medical specialties eligible to receive funding under the program; and(C)  level of stipend support.|Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1424, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.Amended by: Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1241 (H.B. 2542), Sec. 32, eff. June 15, 2007.Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 112 (H.B. 1918), Sec. 48, eff. September 1, 2009.Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 148 (H.B. 1493), Sec. 25, eff. September 1, 2013.|
TX Govt Code § 487.253 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 4 - Executive Branch|Subtitle F - Commerce and Industrial Development|Chapter 487 - Office of Rural Affairs in Department of Agriculture|Subchapter G. Texas Health Service Corps Program for Medically Underserved Areas|Section 487.253. Administration

Sec. 487.253.  ADMINISTRATION.  (a)  The department shall adopt rules necessary to administer this subchapter, and the department shall administer the program in accordance with those rules.(b)  The department may not spend for the department's administrative costs in administering the program more than 10 percent of the amount appropriated to implement this subchapter.|Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1424, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.Amended by: Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1241 (H.B. 2542), Sec. 33, eff. June 15, 2007.Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 112 (H.B. 1918), Sec. 49, eff. September 1, 2009.Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 148 (H.B. 1493), Sec. 26, eff. September 1, 2013.|
TX Govt Code § 487.254 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 4 - Executive Branch|Subtitle F - Commerce and Industrial Development|Chapter 487 - Office of Rural Affairs in Department of Agriculture|Subchapter G. Texas Health Service Corps Program for Medically Underserved Areas|Section 487.254. Required Contract

Sec. 487.254.  REQUIRED CONTRACT.  (a)  The department may award a stipend to a physician under this subchapter if the physician enters into a written contract to provide services in a medically underserved area for at least one year for each year that the physician receives the stipend.(b)  The contract must provide that if the physician does not provide the required services in the medically underserved area or provides those services for less than the required term, the physician is personally liable to the state for:(1)  the total amount of the stipend the physician receives;(2)  interest on that total amount for the period beginning on the date the physician signs the contract and ending on the date the physician repays the amount of the stipend computed at a rate equal to the sum of:(A)  the auction average rate quoted on a bank discount basis for 26-week treasury bills issued by the United States government, as published by the Federal Reserve Board, for the week preceding the week in which the contract is signed;  and(B)  five percent;  and(3)  the state's reasonable expenses incurred in obtaining payment, including reasonable attorney's fees.|Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1424, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.Amended by: Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 112 (H.B. 1918), Sec. 50, eff. September 1, 2009.|
TX Govt Code § 487.255 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 4 - Executive Branch|Subtitle F - Commerce and Industrial Development|Chapter 487 - Office of Rural Affairs in Department of Agriculture|Subchapter G. Texas Health Service Corps Program for Medically Underserved Areas|Section 487.255. Stipends

Sec. 487.255.  STIPENDS.  (a)  The department shall award stipends to physicians for one-year periods.  A stipend awarded under this subchapter may not exceed $15,000 each year.(b)  The department may renew a stipend used to assist a particular physician.(c)  A physician is not eligible for a stipend under this subchapter for a period longer than is ordinarily and customarily required for the completion of residency training for first board eligibility.(d)  A physician who receives a stipend under this subchapter is not eligible to receive assistance under a state educational loan repayment program or other state incentive program.|Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1424, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.Amended by: Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 112 (H.B. 1918), Sec. 51, eff. September 1, 2009.|
TX Govt Code § 487.256 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 4 - Executive Branch|Subtitle F - Commerce and Industrial Development|Chapter 487 - Office of Rural Affairs in Department of Agriculture|Subchapter G. Texas Health Service Corps Program for Medically Underserved Areas|Section 487.256. Funding

Sec. 487.256.  FUNDING.  The department may seek, receive, and spend money received through an appropriation, grant, donation, or reimbursement from any public or private source to implement this subchapter.|Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1424, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.Amended by: Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 112 (H.B. 1918), Sec. 52, eff. September 1, 2009.|
TX Govt Code § 487.301 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 4 - Executive Branch|Subtitle F - Commerce and Industrial Development|Chapter 487 - Office of Rural Affairs in Department of Agriculture|Subchapter H. Rural Health Facility Capital Improvement|Section 487.301. Definitions

Sec. 487.301.  DEFINITIONS.  In this subchapter:(1)  "Public hospital" means a general or special hospital licensed under Chapter 241, Health and Safety Code, that is owned or operated by a municipality, county, municipality and county, hospital district, or hospital authority and that performs inpatient or outpatient services.(2)  "Rural county" means:(A)  a county that has a population of 150,000 or less;  or(B)  with respect to a county that has a population of more than 150,000 and that contains a geographic area that is not delineated as urbanized by the federal census bureau, that part of the county that is not delineated as urbanized.|Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1424, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.|
TX Govt Code § 487.302 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 4 - Executive Branch|Subtitle F - Commerce and Industrial Development|Chapter 487 - Office of Rural Affairs in Department of Agriculture|Subchapter H. Rural Health Facility Capital Improvement|Section 487.302. Powers of Department

Sec. 487.302.  POWERS OF DEPARTMENT.  In administering this subchapter, the department may:(1)  enter into and enforce contracts and execute and deliver conveyances and other instruments necessary to make and administer grants, loans, and loan guarantees under this subchapter;(2)  employ personnel and counsel necessary to implement this subchapter and pay them from money appropriated for that purpose;(3)  impose and collect reasonable fees and charges in connection with grants, loans, and loan guarantees made under this subchapter and provide reasonable penalties for delinquent payment of fees, charges, or loan repayments;(4)  take and enforce a mortgage or appropriate security interest in real or personal property that a loan recipient acquires with the proceeds of a loan made under this subchapter; and(5)  adopt rules necessary to implement the grant, loan, and loan guarantee program.|Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1424, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.Amended by: Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 112 (H.B. 1918), Sec. 53, eff. September 1, 2009.|
TX Govt Code § 487.303 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 4 - Executive Branch|Subtitle F - Commerce and Industrial Development|Chapter 487 - Office of Rural Affairs in Department of Agriculture|Subchapter H. Rural Health Facility Capital Improvement|Section 487.303. Grant, Loan, and Loan Guarantee Program

Sec. 487.303.  GRANT, LOAN, AND LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAM.  (a)  The department may use money appropriated to the department under Section 403.1065 to make a grant or low-interest loan to, or guarantee a loan for, a public or nonprofit hospital located in a rural county.(b)  A grant, loan, or loan guarantee recipient may use the money only to make capital improvements to existing health facilities located in a rural county, to construct new health facilities in a rural county, or to purchase capital equipment, including information systems hardware and software, for a health facility located in a rural county.|Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1424, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.Amended by: Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 112 (H.B. 1918), Sec. 54, eff. September 1, 2009.|
TX Govt Code § 487.304 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 4 - Executive Branch|Subtitle F - Commerce and Industrial Development|Chapter 487 - Office of Rural Affairs in Department of Agriculture|Subchapter H. Rural Health Facility Capital Improvement|Section 487.304. Eligibility for Grant, Loan, or Loan Guarantee; Interest Rate

Sec. 487.304.  ELIGIBILITY FOR GRANT, LOAN, OR LOAN GUARANTEE; INTEREST RATE.  (a)  The department shall adopt rules that establish eligibility criteria for receiving a grant, loan, or loan guarantee under this subchapter.(b)  The rules must state generally the factors the department will consider in determining whether an applicant should receive a grant, loan, or loan guarantee.  The rules must consider at least the financial need of the applicant, the health care needs of the rural area served by the applicant, and the probability that the applicant will effectively and efficiently use the money obtained through the grant, loan, or loan guarantee to meet the health care needs of the rural area served by the applicant.(c)  The rules must state generally the factors the department will consider in determining the extent to which the interest rate on a loan should be below market rates.|Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1424, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.Amended by: Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 112 (H.B. 1918), Sec. 55, eff. September 1, 2009.|
TX Govt Code § 487.351 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 4 - Executive Branch|Subtitle F - Commerce and Industrial Development|Chapter 487 - Office of Rural Affairs in Department of Agriculture|Subchapter I. Community Development Block Grant Nonentitlement Program|Section 487.351. Administration of Community Development Block Grant Program; Allocation of Funds

Sec. 487.351.  ADMINISTRATION OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM; ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.  (a)  The department shall, under the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 (Pub.L. No. 97-35) and 24 CFR, Part 570, Subpart I, administer the state's allocation of federal funds provided under the community development block grant nonentitlement program authorized by Title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. Section 5301 et seq.).(b)  Community development block grant program funds shall be allocated to eligible counties and municipalities under department rules.(c)  The department shall give priority to eligible activities in the areas of economic development, community development, and rural health to support workforce development in awarding funding for community development block grant programs.(d)  An applicant for a grant, loan, or award under a community development block grant program may appeal a decision of the director by filing an appeal with the commissioner.  The commissioner shall hold a hearing on the appeal and render a decision.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.  Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 5.73(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1995.  Renumbered from Sec. 2306.098 and amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1424, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.Amended by: Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1241 (H.B. 2542), Sec. 34, eff. June 15, 2007.Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 101 (H.B. 1079), Sec. 1, eff. May 23, 2009.Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 112 (H.B. 1918), Sec. 56, eff. September 1, 2009.Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 4 (S.B. 1), Sec. 62.08, eff. September 28, 2011.Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 148 (H.B. 1493), Sec. 27, eff. September 1, 2013.|
TX Govt Code § 487.354 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 4 - Executive Branch|Subtitle F - Commerce and Industrial Development|Chapter 487 - Office of Rural Affairs in Department of Agriculture|Subchapter I. Community Development Block Grant Nonentitlement Program|Section 487.354. Financial Assistance for Installation of Street Lights in Colonias

Sec. 487.354.  FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR INSTALLATION OF STREET LIGHTS IN COLONIAS.  (a)  In this section, "colonia" means an identifiable unincorporated community, or an identifiable community annexed by a municipality and eligible for assistance as described by Section 43.907(b), Local Government Code, that:(1)  is located within 150 miles of the international border of this state in a county that is eligible to receive financial assistance from the community development block grant colonia fund under this subchapter, as identified by department rule;(2)  is determined by the department to be a colonia on the basis of objective criteria, including lack of potable water supply, lack of adequate sewage systems, and lack of decent, safe, and sanitary housing; and(3)  was in existence and generally recognized as a colonia before November 28, 1990.(b)  The department shall adopt a rule requiring a political subdivision that receives community development block grant program money targeted toward street improvement projects to allocate not less than five percent but not more than 15 percent of the total amount of targeted money to providing financial assistance to colonias within the political subdivision to enable the installation of adequate street lighting in those colonias if street lighting is absent or needed.|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1210 (H.B. 775), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.Amended by: Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 112 (H.B. 1918), Sec. 59, eff. September 1, 2009.|
TX Govt Code § 487.401 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 4 - Executive Branch|Subtitle F - Commerce and Industrial Development|Chapter 487 - Office of Rural Affairs in Department of Agriculture|Subchapter J. Designating Rural Hospitals|Section 487.401. Administration

Sec. 487.401.  ADMINISTRATION.  (a)  The department shall adopt rules that establish a procedure for designating a hospital as a rural hospital in order for the hospital to qualify for federal funds under 42 C.F.R. Part 412.(b)  At the hospital's request, the department shall designate the hospital as a rural hospital if the hospital meets the requirements for a rural hospital under the department's rules.|Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1424, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.Amended by: Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1241 (H.B. 2542), Sec. 37, eff. June 15, 2007.Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 112 (H.B. 1918), Sec. 60, eff. September 1, 2009.Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 148 (H.B. 1493), Sec. 28, eff. September 1, 2013.|
TX Govt Code § 487.451 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 4 - Executive Branch|Subtitle F - Commerce and Industrial Development|Chapter 487 - Office of Rural Affairs in Department of Agriculture|Subchapter K. Community Healthcare Awareness and Mentoring Program for Students|Section 487.451. Definitions

Sec. 487.451.  DEFINITIONS.  In this subchapter:(1)  "Health care professional" means:(A)  an advanced nurse practitioner;(B)  a dentist;(C)  a dental hygienist;(D)  a laboratory technician;(E)  a licensed vocational nurse;(F)  a licensed professional counselor;(G)  a medical radiological technologist;(H)  an occupational therapist;(I)  a pharmacist;(J)  a physical therapist;(K)  a physician;(L)  a physician assistant;(M)  a psychologist;(N)  a registered nurse;(O)  a social worker;(P)  a speech-language pathologist;(Q)  a veterinarian;(R)  a chiropractor; and(S)  another appropriate health care professional identified by the department.(2)  "Program" means the community healthcare awareness and mentoring program for students established under this subchapter.(3)  "Underserved urban area" means an urban area of this state with a medically underserved population, as determined in accordance with criteria adopted by the department by rule, considering relevant demographic, geographic, and environmental factors.|Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 831, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.  Redesignated from Health and Safety Code, Sec. 106.251 and amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 609, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 2003;  Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1276, Sec. 9.006(c), eff. Sept. 1, 2003.Amended by: Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1241 (H.B. 2542), Sec. 38, eff. June 15, 2007.Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 148 (H.B. 1493), Sec. 29, eff. September 1, 2013.|
TX Govt Code § 487.452 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 4 - Executive Branch|Subtitle F - Commerce and Industrial Development|Chapter 487 - Office of Rural Affairs in Department of Agriculture|Subchapter K. Community Healthcare Awareness and Mentoring Program for Students|Section 487.452. Community Healthcare Awareness and Mentoring Program for Students

Sec. 487.452.  COMMUNITY HEALTHCARE AWARENESS AND MENTORING PROGRAM FOR STUDENTS.  (a)  Subject to available funding, the department, in collaboration with Area Health Education Center Programs, shall establish a community healthcare awareness and mentoring program for students to:(1)  identify high school students in rural and underserved urban areas who are interested in serving those areas as health care professionals;(2)  identify health care professionals in rural and underserved urban areas to act as positive role models, mentors, or reference resources for the interested high school students;(3)  introduce interested high school students to the spectrum of professional health care careers through activities such as health care camps and shadowing of health care professionals;(4)  encourage a continued interest in service as health care professionals in rural and underserved urban areas by providing mentors and community resources for students participating in training or educational programs to become health care professionals; and(5)  provide continuing community-based support for students during the period the students are attending training or educational programs to become health care professionals, including summer job opportunities and opportunities to mentor high school students in the community.(b)  In connection with the program, the department shall establish and maintain an updated medical resource library that contains information relating to medical careers.  The department shall make the library available to school counselors, students, and parents of students.|Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 831, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.  Redesignated from Health and Safety Code Sec. 106.252 and amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 609, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 2003;  Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1276, Sec. 9.006(c), eff. Sept. 1, 2003.Amended by: Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1241 (H.B. 2542), Sec. 39, eff. June 15, 2007.Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 112 (H.B. 1918), Sec. 61, eff. September 1, 2009.Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 148 (H.B. 1493), Sec. 30, eff. September 1, 2013.|
TX Govt Code § 487.453 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 4 - Executive Branch|Subtitle F - Commerce and Industrial Development|Chapter 487 - Office of Rural Affairs in Department of Agriculture|Subchapter K. Community Healthcare Awareness and Mentoring Program for Students|Section 487.453. Administration

Sec. 487.453.  ADMINISTRATION.  (a)  The department shall administer or contract for the administration of the program.(b)  The department may solicit and accept gifts, grants, donations, and contributions to support the program.(c)  The department may administer the program in cooperation with other public and private entities.(d)  The department, in consultation with Area Health Education Center Programs, shall coordinate the program with similar programs, including programs relating to workforce development, scholarships for education, and employment of students, that are administered by other agencies, such as the Texas Workforce Commission and local workforce development boards.|Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 831, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.  Redesignated from Health and Safety Code Sec. 106.253 and amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 609, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 2003;  Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1276, Sec. 9.006(c), eff. Sept. 1, 2003.Amended by: Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 112 (H.B. 1918), Sec. 62, eff. September 1, 2009.|