Use of Program Grant

Sec. 548.0353. USE OF PROGRAM GRANT. A rural hospital or rural health clinic awarded a grant under this subchapter may use grant money to: (1) purchase equipment necessary for implementing a telemedicine medical service; (2) modernize the hospital's or clinic's information technology infrastructure and secure information technology support to ensure an uninterrupted two-way video signal that is compliant with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (Pub. L. No. 104-191); (3) pay a service fee to a pediatric tele-specialty provider under an annual contract with the provider; or (4) pay for other activities, services, supplies, facilities, resources, and equipment the commission determines necessary for the hospital or clinic to use a telemedicine medical service. Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 769 (H.B. 4611), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2025. Amended by: Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 707 (H.B. 18), Sec. 8, eff. June 20, 2025.