Texas Health and Safety Code
§ 61.024 — COUNTY APPLICATION PROCEDURE
HS § 61.024Title 2. HEALTH · Part C. PROGRAMS PROVIDING HEALTH CARE BENEFITS AND SERVICES · Ch. 61. INDIGENT HEALTH CARE AND TREATMENT ACT · Art. B. COUNTY RESPONSIBILITY FOR PERSONS NOT RESIDING IN AN AREA SERVED BY A PUBLIC HOSPITAL OR HOSPITAL DISTRICT
Statute text
View on source(a)A county shall adopt an application procedure.
(b)The county may use the application, documentation, and verification procedures established by the department under Sections 61.006 and 61.007 or may use a less restrictive application, documentation, or verification procedure.
(c)Not later than the beginning of a state fiscal year, the county shall specify the procedure it will use during that fiscal year to verify eligibility and the documentation required to support a request for assistance and shall make a reasonable effort to notify the public of the application procedure.
(d)The county shall furnish an applicant with written application forms.
(e)On request of an applicant, the county shall assist the applicant in filling out forms and completing the application process. The county shall inform an applicant of the availability of assistance.
(f)The county shall require an applicant to sign a written statement in which the applicant swears to the truth of the information supplied.
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Legislative history
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.