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Subchapter A. General Provisions
Section 487.001. Definitions - Sec. 487.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) Repealed by Acts...
Section 487.003. Reference in Law - Sec. 487.003. REFERENCE IN LAW. (a) A reference in this...
Subchapter B. Administrative Provisions
Section 487.026. Director - Sec. 487.026. DIRECTOR. The director serves as the chief executive...
Subchapter C. General Powers and Duties
Section 487.051. Powers and Duties - Sec. 487.051. POWERS AND DUTIES. (a) The office shall: (1)...
Section 487.052. Rules - Sec. 487.052. RULES. The department may adopt rules as necessary...
Section 487.055. Advisory Committees - Sec. 487.055. ADVISORY COMMITTEES. (a) The commissioner may appoint advisory...
Section 487.060. Application Requirement for Colonias Projects - Sec. 487.060. APPLICATION REQUIREMENT FOR COLONIAS PROJECTS. (a) In this...
Subchapter D. Outstanding Rural Scholar Recognition and Loan Program for Rural Health Care
Section 487.101. Definitions - Sec. 487.101. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: (1) "Selection committee" means...
Section 487.102. Administration - Sec. 487.102. ADMINISTRATION. The department shall administer or contract for...
Section 487.103. Selection Committee - Sec. 487.103. SELECTION COMMITTEE. (a) The selection committee shall advise...
Section 487.104. Selection of Outstanding Rural Scholars - Sec. 487.104. SELECTION OF OUTSTANDING RURAL SCHOLARS. (a) The selection...
Section 487.105. Eligibility for Outstanding Rural Scholar Competition - Sec. 487.105. ELIGIBILITY FOR OUTSTANDING RURAL SCHOLAR COMPETITION. (a) To...
Section 487.106. Eligibility for Loans; Rural Community Financial Support - Sec. 487.106. ELIGIBILITY FOR LOANS; RURAL COMMUNITY FINANCIAL SUPPORT. (a)...
Section 487.107. Awarding of Loans - Sec. 487.107. AWARDING OF LOANS. (a) The selection committee shall...
Section 487.108. Amount of Loan - Sec. 487.108. AMOUNT OF LOAN. (a) On confirmation of an...
Section 487.109. Loan Forgiveness - Sec. 487.109. LOAN FORGIVENESS. (a) The principal balance and interest...
Section 487.110. Fund - Sec. 487.110. FUND. (a) The outstanding rural scholar fund is...
Section 487.111. Postsecondary Educational Institutions; Monitoring - Sec. 487.111. POSTSECONDARY EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS; MONITORING. (a) A postsecondary educational...
Section 487.112. Adoption and Distribution of Rules - Sec. 487.112. ADOPTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF RULES. (a) The department...
Subchapter E. Health Careers Promotion and Education Program
Section 487.151. Definitions - Sec. 487.151. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: (1) "Fund" means the...
Section 487.152. Administration - Sec. 487.152. ADMINISTRATION. (a) Subject to available funding, the department...
Section 487.153. Health Careers Promotion - Sec. 487.153. HEALTH CAREERS PROMOTION. The department may establish a...
Section 487.154. Loans - Sec. 487.154. LOANS. (a) The department may award forgivable educational...
Section 487.155. Student Eligibility - Sec. 487.155. STUDENT ELIGIBILITY. (a) To be eligible to receive...
Section 487.156. Community Eligibility - Sec. 487.156. COMMUNITY ELIGIBILITY. (a) To be eligible to sponsor...
Section 487.157. Amount of Loan - Sec. 487.157. AMOUNT OF LOAN. (a) On confirmation of an...
Section 487.158. Required Contract - Sec. 487.158. REQUIRED CONTRACT. (a) A student may receive assistance...
Section 487.159. Loan Forgiveness - Sec. 487.159. LOAN FORGIVENESS. (a) A loan recipient shall be...
Section 487.160. Fund - Sec. 487.160. FUND. (a) The health careers education fund is...
Section 487.161. Reporting; Monitoring - Sec. 487.161. REPORTING; MONITORING. (a) The department shall require reports...
Section 487.162. Program Promotion - Sec. 487.162. PROGRAM PROMOTION. The department shall provide postsecondary educational...
Section 487.163. Adoption of Rules - Sec. 487.163. ADOPTION OF RULES. (a) The department shall adopt...
Subchapter F. Medically Underserved Community-State Matching Incentive Program
Section 487.201. Definitions - Sec. 487.201. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: (1) "Medically underserved community"...
Section 487.202. Program - Sec. 487.202. PROGRAM. (a) The department shall establish and administer...
Section 487.203. Eligibility - Sec. 487.203. ELIGIBILITY. To be eligible to receive money from...
Section 487.204. Rules - Sec. 487.204. RULES. The department shall adopt rules necessary for...
Subchapter G. Texas Health Service Corps Program for Medically Underserved Areas
Section 487.251. Definitions - Sec. 487.251. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: (1) "Medically underserved area"...
Section 487.252. Texas Health Service Corps Program - Sec. 487.252. TEXAS HEALTH SERVICE CORPS PROGRAM. (a) Subject to...
Section 487.253. Administration - Sec. 487.253. ADMINISTRATION. (a) The department shall adopt rules necessary...
Section 487.254. Required Contract - Sec. 487.254. REQUIRED CONTRACT. (a) The department may award a...
Section 487.255. Stipends - Sec. 487.255. STIPENDS. (a) The department shall award stipends to...
Section 487.256. Funding - Sec. 487.256. FUNDING. The department may seek, receive, and spend...
Subchapter H. Rural Health Facility Capital Improvement
Section 487.301. Definitions - Sec. 487.301. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: (1) "Public hospital" means...
Section 487.302. Powers of Department - Sec. 487.302. POWERS OF DEPARTMENT. In administering this subchapter, the...
Section 487.303. Grant, Loan, and Loan Guarantee Program - Sec. 487.303. GRANT, LOAN, AND LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAM. (a) The...
Section 487.304. Eligibility for Grant, Loan, or Loan Guarantee; Interest Rate - Sec. 487.304. ELIGIBILITY FOR GRANT, LOAN, OR LOAN GUARANTEE; INTEREST...
Subchapter I. Community Development Block Grant Nonentitlement Program
Section 487.351. Administration of Community Development Block Grant Program; Allocation of Funds - Sec. 487.351. ADMINISTRATION OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM; ALLOCATION...
Section 487.354. Financial Assistance for Installation of Street Lights in Colonias - Sec. 487.354. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR INSTALLATION OF STREET LIGHTS IN...
Subchapter J. Designating Rural Hospitals
Section 487.401. Administration - Sec. 487.401. ADMINISTRATION. (a) The department shall adopt rules that...
Subchapter K. Community Healthcare Awareness and Mentoring Program for Students
Section 487.451. Definitions - Sec. 487.451. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: (1) "Health care professional"...
Section 487.452. Community Healthcare Awareness and Mentoring Program for Students - Sec. 487.452. COMMUNITY HEALTHCARE AWARENESS AND MENTORING PROGRAM FOR STUDENTS....
Section 487.453. Administration - Sec. 487.453. ADMINISTRATION. (a) The department shall administer or contract...
Section 487.454. Grants; Eligibility - Sec. 487.454. GRANTS; ELIGIBILITY. (a) Subject to available funding, the...
Subchapter L. Rural Physician Recruitment Program
Section 487.501. Definitions - Sec. 487.501. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: (1) "Rural community" means...
Section 487.502. Gifts and Grants - Sec. 487.502. GIFTS AND GRANTS. The department may accept gifts,...
Section 487.503. Rural Physician Recruitment Program - Sec. 487.503. RURAL PHYSICIAN RECRUITMENT PROGRAM. (a) Subject to available...
Subchapter M. Rural Communities Health Care Investment Program
Section 487.551. Definitions - Sec. 487.551. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: (1) "Health professional" means...
Section 487.553. Loan Reimbursement Program - Sec. 487.553. LOAN REIMBURSEMENT PROGRAM. Subject to available funding, the...
Section 487.554. Stipend Program - Sec. 487.554. STIPEND PROGRAM. (a) Subject to available funding, the...
Section 487.555. Contract Required - Sec. 487.555. CONTRACT REQUIRED. (a) A health professional may receive...
Section 487.556. Powers and Duties of Department - Sec. 487.556. POWERS AND DUTIES OF DEPARTMENT. (a) The department...
Section 487.557. Use of Telecommunication and Telemedicine - Sec. 487.557. USE OF TELECOMMUNICATION AND TELEMEDICINE. A health professional...
Section 487.558. Permanent Endowment Fund - Sec. 487.558. PERMANENT ENDOWMENT FUND. (a) The permanent endowment fund...
Section 487.559. Administration and Use of Fund - Sec. 487.559. ADMINISTRATION AND USE OF FUND. (a) The department...
Section 487.560. Reporting Requirement - Sec. 487.560. REPORTING REQUIREMENT. The department shall provide a report...
Subchapter N. Rural Physician Relief Program
Section 487.601. Definitions - Sec. 487.601. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: (1) "Physician" means a...
Section 487.602. Rural Physician Relief Program - Sec. 487.602. RURAL PHYSICIAN RELIEF PROGRAM. Subject to available funding,...
Section 487.603. Fees - Sec. 487.603. FEES. (a) The department shall charge a fee...
Section 487.604. Funding - Sec. 487.604. FUNDING. The department may solicit and accept gifts,...
Section 487.605. Relief Physician's Expenses - Sec. 487.605. RELIEF PHYSICIAN'S EXPENSES. The department shall pay a...
Section 487.606. Priority Assignment of Relief Physicians - Sec. 487.606. PRIORITY ASSIGNMENT OF RELIEF PHYSICIANS. (a) The department...
Section 487.607. Relief Physician Recruitment - Sec. 487.607. RELIEF PHYSICIAN RECRUITMENT. The department shall actively recruit...
Subchapter O. Community Telecommunications Alliance Program
Section 487.651. Definitions - Sec. 487.651. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: (1) "Community telecommunications alliance"...
Section 487.652. Rules Governing Program - Sec. 487.652. RULES GOVERNING PROGRAM. (a) Subject to available funding,...
Section 487.654. Prohibition - Sec. 487.654. PROHIBITION. A community telecommunications alliance may not directly...
Subchapter Q. Rural Technology Center Grant Program
Section 487.751. Definition - Sec. 487.751. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "rural county" means a...
Section 487.752. Grant Program - Sec. 487.752. GRANT PROGRAM. (a) Subject to available funds, the...
Section 487.753. Funding - Sec. 487.753. FUNDING. The department may seek, receive, and spend...