25 Tex. Admin. Code § 102.1 - General
(a) This chapter implements the Health and
Safety Code, §§
12.131 -
12.139 and the
responsibilities of the Department of State Health Services (department) under
the Agreement Regarding Disposition of Tobacco Settlement Proceeds (agreement)
filed on July 24, 1998, in United States District Court, Eastern District of
Texas, in the case styled The State of Texas v. The American Tobacco Co., et
al., No. 5-96CV-91. The term "agreement" includes the subsequent Clarification
of Agreement Regarding Disposition of Settlement Proceeds filed on July 24,
1998, in that litigation.
(b) The
term "political subdivision" means a hospital district, another local political
subdivision owning or maintaining a public hospital, or a county of the State
of Texas responsible for providing indigent health care to the general public.
The Health and Safety Code, Chapter 61, defines which entities are responsible
for providing indigent health care to the general public.
Notes
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