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Tex. Ins. Code § 845.051

STATEWIDE RURAL HEALTH CARE SYSTEM

Known as the Statewide Rural Health Care System Act

The act spans §§ 845.001 to 845.206 (33 sections).

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1419, Sec. 1, eff

The commissioner shall designate a single organization as the statewide rural health care system. The system is authorized to sponsor, arrange for the provision of, or provide health care services to enrollees in programs in rural areas. The programs are not subject to:

(1) a law requiring the coverage or the offer of coverage for services by a particular health care provider under:

(A) Chapter 62, Health and Safety Code;

(B) Chapter 32, Human Resources Code;

(C) a state-, county-, or local government-sponsored indigent care initiative; or

(D) a federal Medicare Plus Choice program; or

(2) Subchapters A-I, Chapter 1251, Subchapter A, Chapter 1364, Subchapter A, Chapter 1366, or Section 1551.064 under a state-, county-, or local government-sponsored uninsured or indigent care initiative.

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