Tex. Health & Safety Code § 32.012 · Subchapter A. PROGRAM FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN
FINANCIAL ELIGIBILITY; OTHER BENEFITS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The department shall require an individual receiving services under this chapter, or the person with a legal obligation to support the individual, to pay for or reimburse the department for that part of the cost of the services that the individual or person is financially able to pay.
(b) Except as provided by department rules, an individual is not eligible to receive services under this chapter to the extent that the individual or a person with a legal obligation to support the individual is eligible for some other benefit that would pay for all or part of the services.
(c) When a determination of eligibility to receive maternal and infant health improvement services is made under this chapter or when the services are received, the individual requesting or receiving services shall inform the department of any other benefit to which the individual or a person with a legal obligation to support the individual may be entitled.
(d) An individual who has received services that are covered by some other benefit, or any other person with a legal obligation to support that individual, shall reimburse the department to the extent of the services provided when the other benefit is received.
(e) The department may waive enforcement of Subsections (b)-(d) as prescribed by department rules in certain individually considered cases in which enforcement will deny services to a class of otherwise eligible individuals because of conflicting federal, state, or local laws or rules.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 124, Sec. 5, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0084, eff. April 2, 2015.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.32.htm
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- 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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