Tex. Health & Safety Code § 61.066 · Subchapter C. PERSONS WHO RESIDE IN AN AREA SERVED BY A PUBLIC HOSPITAL OR HOSPITAL DISTRICT
PREVENTION AND DETECTION OF FRAUD.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A hospital district may adopt reasonable procedures for minimizing the opportunity for fraud, for establishing and maintaining methods for detecting and identifying situations in which a question of fraud may exist, and for administrative hearings to be conducted on disqualifying persons in cases where fraud appears to exist.
(b) Procedures established by a hospital district for administrative hearings conducted under this section shall provide for appropriate due process, including procedures for appeals.
(c) A hospital district may recover, from the eligible resident perpetrating a fraud, an amount equal to the value of any fraudulently obtained health care services provided to the eligible resident disqualified under this section.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 563, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 27, 2001.
Amended by:
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1320 (S.B. 303), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2011.
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.61.htm
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