Texas Family Code
§ 266.0043 — ASSUMPTION OF FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY BY MEDICAL CONSENTERS
FA § 266.0043Title 5. THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP AND THE SUIT AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP · Part E. PROTECTION OF THE CHILD · Ch. 266. MEDICAL CARE AND EDUCATIONAL SERVICES FOR CHILDREN IN CONSERVATORSHIP OF DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES
Statute text
View on source(a)In this section:
(1)"Health care provider" means an individual who is licensed, certified, or otherwise authorized to provide health care services in this state. The term does not include a pharmacy.
(2)"Managed care plan" has the meaning assigned by Section 540.0001, Government Code.
(3)"Medicaid" and "Medicaid managed care organization" have the meanings assigned by Section 521.0001, Government Code.
(4)"Medicaid managed care plan" means a managed care plan offered by a Medicaid managed care organization.
(5)"Medical consenter" means a person authorized to consent to medical care for a foster child under Section 266.004(b).
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Legislative history
Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 96 (S.B. 855), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2025.