Title HS, Health and Safety Code

Sec. 12.097. CONFIDENTIALITY REQUIREMENTS. (a) All records, reports, and testimony relating to the medical condition of an applicant or license holder: (1) are for the confidential use of the medical advisory board, a panel, or the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texa…

Sec. 12.098. LIABILITY. A member of the medical advisory board, a member of a panel, a person who makes an examination for or on the recommendation of the medical advisory board, or a physician who reports to the medical advisory board or a panel under Section 12.096 is not liabl…

Sec. 12.111. TEXAS VOLUNTEER HEALTH CORPS. (a) The department shall establish the Texas Volunteer Health Corps to enhance community-based public health services. (b) The Texas Volunteer Health Corps shall connect volunteers with residents of local communities to involve those res…

Sec. 12.112. COORDINATORS. (a) The department may employ coordinators to recruit, train, and refer volunteers for service in local communities. (b) A coordinator employed under this section may apply for grants from any public or private source for purposes of this subchapter. Ad…

Sec. 12.113. VOLUNTEERS. (a) Volunteers recruited under this subchapter may include students in high school or an institution of higher education, senior citizens, participants in the TANF job opportunities and basic skills (JOBS) training program, VISTA and AmeriCorps volunteers…

Sec. 12.114. VITAL HEALTH CARE ISSUES. (a) The department may identify vital health care issues, including the use of tobacco and alcohol, end-of-life needs, health and safety issues on the Texas/Mexico border, family issues, oral health, violence, immunizations, homelessness, re…

Sec. 12.115. MENTORS. The department shall encourage health care professionals to volunteer as mentors in the Texas Volunteer Health Corps. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 768, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 28, 1995. Renumbered from Health and Safety Code Sec. 12.095 by Acts 1997, 75th Le…

Sec. 12.116. INFORMATION. The department may provide public health information materials as needed by the Texas Volunteer Health Corps. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 768, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 28, 1995. Renumbered from Health and Safety Code Sec. 12.096 by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., …

Sec. 12.131. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: (1) "Account" has the meaning assigned by Section 403.1041, Government Code. (2) "Advisory committee" means the tobacco settlement permanent trust account administration advisory committee. (3) "Agreement" has the meaning assigned by …

Sec. 12.132. CERTIFICATION TO COMPTROLLER. The department shall collect information relating to the unreimbursed health care expenditures of each political subdivision and, based on that information and using the formula established in Paragraph 5.B. of the agreement, shall certi…

Sec. 12.133. COLLECTION OF INFORMATION. (a) Each political subdivision shall submit to the department, in the manner and at the time required by the department, information that relates to the political subdivision's unreimbursed health care expenditures and is required by the de…

Sec. 12.134. DISPUTES RELATING TO INFORMATION COLLECTED. (a) Subject to the approval of the advisory committee, the executive commissioner shall adopt rules under which a political subdivision or agency of this state may dispute information submitted by a political subdivision un…

Sec. 12.135. EFFECT OF DISPUTE. A dispute filed under department rules adopted under Section 12.134 does not affect the percentage of the annual distribution of the earnings from the account to be paid to the political subdivision for the year for which the information that is th…

Sec. 12.136. ADJUSTMENT FOLLOWING AUDIT. (a) If the department, pursuant to rules adopted by the executive commissioner, finds, after an audit conducted under Section 12.133 or 12.134, that a political subdivision has overstated unreimbursed health care expenditures in the inform…

Sec. 12.137. TOBACCO SETTLEMENT PERMANENT TRUST ACCOUNT ADMINISTRATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE. (a) The tobacco settlement permanent trust account administration advisory committee shall advise: (1) the department on the implementation of the department's duties under this subchapter;…

Sec. 12.138. APPROVAL OF RULES. A rule to be adopted by the executive commissioner relating to certification of a percentage of an annual distribution under Section 12.132 or collection of information under Sections 12.132, 12.133, and 12.134 must be submitted to the advisory com…

Sec. 12.139. ANNUAL REVIEW. The advisory committee shall annually: (1) review the results of any audit conducted under this subchapter and the results of any dispute filed under Section 12.134; and (2) review the rules adopted by the executive commissioner under this subchapter a…

Sec. 13.002. ADMISSION OF OTHER PATIENTS. (a) The department may admit to any hospital under its supervision a patient who: (1) is eligible to receive patient services under a department program; and (2) will benefit from hospitalization. (b) Admission to a hospital as authorized…

Sec. 13.003. SERVICES AT RIO GRANDE STATE CENTER. (a) The primary purpose of the Rio Grande State Center is to provide inpatient and outpatient services, either directly or by contract with one or more public or private health care providers or entities, to the residents of the L…

Sec. 13.004. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN PERSONS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS OR AN INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY. (a) The department or the Department of Aging and Disability Services, as appropriate, may transfer a person with mental illness or an intellectual disability who is infected with tubercu…

Sec. 13.005. CARE AND TREATMENT OF CERTAIN PATIENTS. (a) The department shall fully develop essential services needed for the control of tuberculosis. To provide those services, the department may contract for the support, maintenance, care, and treatment of tuberculosis patients…

Sec. 13.006. PURPOSE OF TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL PROGRAM. The primary objectives of the tuberculosis control program are: (1) case-finding; (2) inpatient and outpatient treatment; and (3) the eventual eradication of tuberculosis. Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1…

Sec. 13.007. COLONEL H. WILLIAM "BILL" CARD, JR., OUTPATIENT CLINIC. The outpatient clinic operated by the South Texas Health Care System in Harlingen, Texas, is named the Colonel H. William "Bill" Card, Jr., Outpatient Clinic in honor of Colonel H. William "Bill" Card, Jr. Added…

Sec. 13.031. SHORT TITLE. This subchapter may be cited as the Texas Tuberculosis Code. Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.

Sec. 13.032. PURPOSE. The purpose of this subchapter is to: (1) enable persons with tuberculosis to obtain needed care; (2) provide care and treatment for those persons; and (3) facilitate their hospitalization. Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.

Sec. 13.033. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: (1) "Legally responsible person" means a parent, guardian, or spouse, or any person whom the laws of this state hold responsible for debts incurred as a result of the hospitalization or treatment of a patient. (2) "Local health author…

Sec. 13.034. DUTIES OF EXECUTIVE COMMISSIONER AND DEPARTMENT. (a) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules relating to: (1) the management of public health hospitals; (2) the duties of officers and employees of those hospitals; and (3) the enforcement of necessary discipline …

Sec. 13.035. EMPLOYMENT OF HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATORS. (a) The department shall employ a qualified hospital administrator for each public health hospital. (b) A hospital administrator employed under this section is not required to be a licensed physician. (c) The hospital administra…

Sec. 13.036. PATIENT ADMISSION; EXAMINATION CERTIFICATE. (a) A resident of this state who has tuberculosis may be admitted to a public health hospital. A person who is not a resident of this state and who has tuberculosis may be admitted to a public health hospital in accordance …

Sec. 13.037. DETERMINATION OF RESIDENCY. (a) A person is a resident of this state if the person: (1) is physically present and living voluntarily in this state; (2) intends to make a home in this state; and (3) is not in this state temporarily. (b) The intent to make a home in th…

Sec. 13.038. CLASSIFICATION OF PATIENTS; LIEN. (a) A patient admitted to a public health hospital is a public patient and classified as indigent, nonindigent, or nonresident. (b) An indigent public patient is a person who: (1) does not possess property of any kind; (2) has no per…

Sec. 13.039. COLLECTION OF STATE'S CLAIM. (a) A state claim for patient support and maintenance may be collected through an action brought against the patient or the person legally responsible for the patient. The action shall be brought in the county from which the patient was s…

Sec. 13.040. EFFECT OF INDIGENT HEALTH CARE AND TREATMENT ACT. If an indigent or nonindigent public patient is eligible for health care assistance from a county hospital or public hospital under Chapter 61 (Indigent Health Care and Treatment Act), the state is entitled to reimbur…

Sec. 13.041. RETURN OF CERTAIN NONRESIDENTS; RECIPROCAL AGREEMENTS. (a) The department may: (1) return a nonresident patient admitted to a public health hospital to the proper agency of the state of the patient's residence; and (2) permit the return of a resident of this state wh…

Sec. 13.042. DISCRIMINATION PROHIBITED. (a) A public health hospital may not discriminate against a patient. (b) Each patient is entitled to equal facilities, attention, and treatment. However, a public health hospital may provide different care and treatment of patients because …

Sec. 13.043. GRATUITIES PROHIBITED. (a) A patient in a public health hospital may not offer an officer, agent, or employee of the hospital a tip, payment, or reward of any kind. (b) A patient who violates this section may be expelled from the hospital. An employee who accepts a t…

Sec. 13.044. PRIVATE ACCOMMODATIONS. (a) On the request of any charitable organization in this state, the department may permit the erection, furnishing, and maintenance by the charitable organization of accommodations on the grounds of a public health hospital for persons who ha…

Sec. 13.045. DONATION OF LAND BY COUNTY. (a) A county may donate and convey land to the state in consideration of the establishment of a public health hospital by the executive commissioner. (b) The commissioners court of the county may determine the desirability, manner, and for…

Sec. 13.046. ADMISSION OF NONRESIDENT PATIENTS. (a) The department may enter into an agreement with an agency of another state responsible for the care of residents of that state who have tuberculosis under which: (1) residents of the other state who have tuberculosis may be admi…

Sec. 31.001. SHORT TITLE. This chapter may be cited as the Texas Primary Health Care Services Act. Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.

Sec. 31.002. DEFINITIONS. (a) In this chapter: (1) "Facility" includes a hospital, ambulatory surgical center, public health clinic, birthing center, outpatient clinic, and community health center. (2) "Medical transportation" means transportation services that are required to ob…

Sec. 31.003. PRIMARY HEALTH CARE SERVICES PROGRAM. (a) The executive commissioner may establish a program in the department to provide primary health care services to eligible individuals. (b) If the program is established, the executive commissioner shall adopt rules relating to…

Sec. 31.004. ADMINISTRATION. (a) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules necessary to administer this chapter, and the department shall administer the program in accordance with those rules. (b) The executive commissioner by rule shall: (1) establish the administrative struc…

Sec. 31.005. PROVISION OF PROGRAM SERVICES BY DEPARTMENT. (a) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules relating to the department's determination of whether program services are to be provided through a network of approved providers, directly by the department, or by a combin…

Sec. 31.006. SERVICE PROVIDERS. (a) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules relating to: (1) the selection and expedited selection of providers, including physicians, registered nurses, and facilities; and (2) the denial, modification, suspension, and termination of program …

Sec. 31.007. APPLICATION FOR SERVICES. (a) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules relating to application procedures for admission to the program. (b) An applicant must complete or cause to be completed an application form prescribed by the department. (c) The application f…