Tex. Health & Safety Code § 12.036 · Subchapter D. FEES FOR PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES
SUBROGATION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) In furnishing public health services to a person, the department is subrogated to the person's right of recovery from:
(1) personal insurance;
(2) another person, for a personal injury caused by the other person's negligence or wrongdoing; or
(3) any other source.
(b) The department's right of subrogation is limited to the cost of the services provided.
(c) The executive commissioner or the executive commissioner's designee may waive the department's right of subrogation in whole or in part if the executive commissioner or the designee determines that:
(1) enforcement of the right would tend to defeat the purpose of the department's program; or
(2) the administrative expense of the enforcement would be greater than the expected recovery.
(d) The executive commissioner may adopt rules for the enforcement of the department's right of subrogation.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0030, eff. April 2, 2015.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.12.htm
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- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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