Texas Health and Safety Code
§ 61.052 — GENERAL ELIGIBILITY PROVISIONS
HS § 61.052Title 2. HEALTH · Part C. PROGRAMS PROVIDING HEALTH CARE BENEFITS AND SERVICES · Ch. 61. INDIGENT HEALTH CARE AND TREATMENT ACT · Art. C. PERSONS WHO RESIDE IN AN AREA SERVED BY A PUBLIC HOSPITAL OR HOSPITAL DISTRICT
Statute text
View on source(a)A public hospital or hospital district shall provide health care assistance to each eligible resident in its service area who meets:
(1)the basic income and resources requirements established by the department under Sections 61.006 and 61.008 and in effect when the assistance is requested; or
(2)a less restrictive income and resources standard adopted by the hospital or hospital district serving the area in which the person resides.
(b)If a public hospital used an income and resources standard during the operating year that ended before January 1, 1985, that was less restrictive than the income and resources requirements established by the department under Section 61.006, the hospital shall adopt that standard to determine eligibility under this subchapter.
(c)If a public hospital did not use an income and resources standard during the operating year that ended before January 1, 1985, but had a Hill-Burton obligation during part of that year, the hospital shall adopt the standard the hospital used to meet the Hill-Burton obligation to determine eligibility under this subchapter.
(d)A public hospital established after September 1, 1985, shall provide health care services to each resident who meets the income and resources requirements established by the department under Sections 61.006 and 61.008, or the hospital may adopt a less restrictive income and resources standard. The hospital may adopt a less restrictive income and resources standard at any time.
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Legislative history
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1377, Sec. 1.17, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.