Tex. Health & Safety Code § 252.096 · Subchapter D. TRUSTEES FOR FACILITIES
REIMBURSEMENT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A facility that receives emergency assistance money under this subchapter shall reimburse the department for the amounts received, including interest.
(b) Interest on unreimbursed amounts begins to accrue on the date on which the money is disbursed to the facility. The rate of interest is the rate determined under Section 304.003, Finance Code, to be applicable to judgments rendered during the month in which the money is disbursed to the facility.
(c) The owner of the facility when the trustee is appointed is responsible for the reimbursement.
(d) The amount that remains unreimbursed on the first anniversary of the date on which the money is received is delinquent and the commission may determine that the facility is ineligible for a Medicaid provider contract.
(e) The department shall deposit the reimbursement and interest received under this section to the credit of the nursing and convalescent home trust fund.
(f) The attorney general shall institute an action to collect money due under this section at the request of the department. An action under this section must be brought in Travis County.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 693, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0793, eff. April 2, 2015.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.252.htm
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