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Health and Safety Code §61.066
In force on Sep 01, 2011 · this text took effect Sep 01, 2011 · same as today's text
PREVENTION AND DETECTION OF FRAUD
(a) A hospital district may adopt reasonable procedures for minimizing the opportunity for fraud, for establishing and maintaining methods for detecting and identifying situations in which a question of fraud may exist, and for administrative hearings to be conducted on disqualifying persons in cases where fraud appears to exist.
(b) Procedures established by a hospital district for administrative hearings conducted under this section shall provide for appropriate due process, including procedures for appeals.
(c) A hospital district may recover, from the eligible resident perpetrating a fraud, an amount equal to the value of any fraudulently obtained health care services provided to the eligible resident disqualified under this section.
History: Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 563, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 27, 2001. Amended by: Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1320 (S.B. 303 ), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2011.
Source: the Legislature's file server, seen Nov 08, 2026.
Every version on file
- Effective Sep 01, 2011 · seen Nov 2026–Nov 2026
Attorney General opinions that cite it
- GA-0652 (Feb 04, 2008): Whether a county's alleged underpayment to indigent health care providers is an unconstitutional debt for purposes of article XI, section 7 of the Texas Constitution
- GA-0198 (Dec 08, 2003): Whether a hospital district or the private entity that provides indigent care on the district’s behalfmay require an uninsured applicant for indigent health care, as a prerequisite to receiving the care, to obtain health insurance through the applicant’s employer
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