Texas Insurance Code

§ 845.003 — RURAL AREA DESIGNATION

IN § 845.003Title 6. ORGANIZATION OF INSURERS AND RELATED ENTITIES · Part C. LIFE, HEALTH, AND ACCIDENT INSURERS AND RELATED ENTITIES · Ch. 845. STATEWIDE RURAL HEALTH CARE SYSTEM · Art. A. GENERAL PROVISIONS

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In determining whether to designate an area as a rural area under this chapter, the commissioner shall consider any area that is delineated as an urbanized area by the United States Bureau of the Census and:

(1)is contiguous with and not more than 10 miles away from a rural area described by Section 845.002(9)(A) or (B);

(2)is sparsely populated, compared to areas within a 10-mile radius that are delineated as urbanized areas by the United States Bureau of the Census;

(3)has not increased in population in any single calendar year in the seven years before the commissioner makes the designation; and

(4)in which emergency or primary care services:

(A)are limited or unavailable in accordance with network access standards imposed by the commissioner; and

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1419, Sec. 1, eff. June 1, 2003. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1276, Sec. 10A.213(b), eff. Sept. 1, 2003.