Tex. Gov't Code § 526.0156 · Subchapter D. TEXAS HEALTH OPPORTUNITY POOL TRUST FUND
REIMBURSEMENTS FOR UNCOMPENSATED HEALTH CARE COSTS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Except as otherwise provided by the terms of a waiver authorized by Section 526.0152 and subject to Subsections (b) and (c), money in the fund may be allocated to hospitals in this state and political subdivisions of this state to defray the costs of providing uncompensated health care.
(b) To be eligible for money allocated from the fund under this section, a hospital or political subdivision must use a portion of the money to implement strategies that will reduce the need for uncompensated inpatient and outpatient care, including care provided in a hospital emergency room. The strategies may include:
(1) fostering improved access for patients to primary care systems or other programs that offer those patients medical homes, including the following programs:
(A) regional or local health care programs;
(B) programs to provide premium subsidies for health benefits coverage; and
(C) other programs to increase access to health benefits coverage; and
(2) creating health care systems efficiencies, such as using electronic medical records systems.
(c) The allocation methodology the executive commissioner develops under Section 526.0155(b) must specify the percentage of the money from the fund allocated to a hospital or political subdivision that the hospital or political subdivision must use for strategies described by Subsection (b) of this section.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 769 (H.B. 4611), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2025.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.526.htm
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