Tex. Health & Safety Code § 75.101 · Subchapter C. HEALTH CARE SERVICES AND BENEFITS
ALTERNATIVE PROGRAMS AUTHORIZED; PROGRAM OBJECTIVES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
In developing a regional or local health care program, a governing body may provide health care services or benefits as described by this subchapter or may develop another type of program to accomplish the purposes of this chapter. A regional or local health care program must be developed, to the extent practicable, to:
(1) reduce the number of individuals without health benefit plan coverage within the boundaries of the participating county or counties or, for a program operating under Section 75.051(c), in a county in which a participating nonprofit organization operates;
(2) address rising health care costs and reduce the cost of health care services or health benefit plan coverage for small employers and their employees within the boundaries of the participating county or counties or, for a program operating under Section 75.051(c), in a county in which a participating nonprofit organization operates;
(3) promote preventive care and reduce the incidence of preventable health conditions, such as heart disease, cancer, and diabetes and low birth weight in infants;
(4) promote efficient and collaborative delivery of health care services;
(5) serve as a model for the innovative use of health information technology to promote efficient delivery of health care services, reduce health care costs, and improve the health of the community; and
(6) provide fair payment rates for health care providers.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 268 (S.B. 10), Sec. 13(a), eff. September 1, 2007.
Amended by:
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 739 (H.B. 2655), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2025.
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