Sec. 531.503. ESTABLISHMENT OF TEXAS HEALTH OPPORTUNITY POOL TRUST FUND. Subject to approval of the waiver authorized by Section 531.502, the Texas health opportunity pool trust fund is created as a trust fund outside the state treasury to be held by the comptroller and administered by the commission as trustee on behalf of residents of this state who do not have private health benefits coverage and health care providers providing uncompensated care to those persons. The commission may make expenditures of money in the fund only for purposes consistent with this subchapter and the terms of the waiver authorized by Section 531.502.
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 268 (S.B. 10), Sec. 7(a), eff. September 1, 2007.
Structure Texas Statutes
Subtitle I - Health and Human Services
Chapter 531 - Health and Human Services Commission
Subchapter N. Texas Health Opportunity Pool Trust Fund
Section 531.502. Direction to Obtain Federal Waiver
Section 531.503. Establishment of Texas Health Opportunity Pool Trust Fund
Section 531.504. Deposits to Fund
Section 531.505. Use of Fund in General; Rules for Allocation
Section 531.506. Reimbursements for Uncompensated Health Care Costs
Section 531.507. Increasing Access to Health Benefits Coverage