Tex. Ins. Code § 845.051 · Subchapter B. SYSTEM
STATEWIDE RURAL HEALTH CARE SYSTEM.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
The commissioner shall designate a single organization as the statewide rural health care system. The system is authorized to sponsor, arrange for the provision of, or provide health care services to enrollees in programs in rural areas. The programs are not subject to:
(1) a law requiring the coverage or the offer of coverage for services by a particular health care provider under:
(A) Chapter 62, Health and Safety Code;
(B) Chapter 32, Human Resources Code;
(C) a state-, county-, or local government-sponsored indigent care initiative; or
(D) a federal Medicare Plus Choice program; or
(2) Subchapters A-I, Chapter 1251, Subchapter A, Chapter 1364, Subchapter A, Chapter 1366, or Section 1551.064 under a state-, county-, or local government-sponsored uninsured or indigent care initiative.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1419, Sec. 1, eff. June 1, 2003. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1276, Sec. 10A.214(a), eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Amended by:
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 730 (H.B. 2636), Sec. 2E.055, eff. April 1, 2009.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.845.htm
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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
Human Resources Code
Insurance Code
- Tex. Ins. Code ch. 1251GROUP AND BLANKET HEALTH INSURANCEPrinted as Chapter 1251
- Tex. Ins. Code ch. 1364, subch. AEXCLUSION FROM OR DENIAL OF COVERAGE PROHIBITEDPrinted as Subchapter A, Chapter 1364
- Tex. Ins. Code ch. 1366, subch. ACOVERAGE FOR IN VITRO FERTILIZATION PROCEDURESPrinted as Subchapter A, Chapter 1366
- Tex. Ins. Code § 1551.064CERTAIN GROUP HEALTH AND ACCIDENT POLICIES OR CONTRACTS.Printed as Section 1551.064
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