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Tex. Health & Safety Code § 31.004

ADMINISTRATION

Known as the Texas Primary Health Care Services Act

The act spans §§ 31–31 (18 sections).

Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff

(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 structure of the program;

(2) establish a plan of areawide administration to provide authorized services;

(3) designate, if possible, local public and private resources as providers; and

(4) prevent duplication by coordinating authorized primary health care services with existing federal, state, and local programs.

(c) The department shall prescribe the design and content of all necessary forms used in the program.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.