Tex. Health & Safety Code § 241.301 · Subchapter K. LIMITED SERVICES RURAL HOSPITAL
DEFINITION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
In this subchapter, "limited services rural hospital" means a general or special hospital that is or was licensed under this chapter and that:
(1) is:
(A) located in a rural area, as defined by:
(i) commission rule; or
(ii) 42 U.S.C. Section 1395ww(d)(2)(D); or
(B) designated by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services as a critical access hospital, rural referral center, or sole community hospital; and
(2) otherwise meets the requirements to be designated as a limited services rural hospital or a similarly designated hospital under federal law for purposes of a payment program described by Section 241.302(a)(1).
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 560 (S.B. 1621), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2019.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.241.htm
- Text hash
- sha256 245ecd7d9c232255102a9bf52d8ca2bcb2ce0054a68b9c3d86c8122480243aa5
- 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
This section cites
Provisions in this library that the text above cites, as it prints each citation. A range cited as “ss. 61.13-61.16” links its first and last provisions.
Health and Safety Code
Procedural information only. Not legal advice and not a substitute for the advice of an attorney. Confirm the current text with the official publisher before relying on it.