Tex. Education Code § 51.953
This is the official text of Tex. Education Code § 51.953, part of Texas’s Education Code — governs public schools and universities in Texas.
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§ 51.953. CERTAIN REVENUE RECEIVED FROM STUDENT HEALTH CENTER SERVICES.
Official statutory text
(a) In this section:
(1) "Health benefit plan" means any health benefit plan regulated under the Insurance Code, including:
(A) an individual or group health insurance policy; or
(B) an evidence of coverage issued by a health maintenance organization.
(2) "Institution of higher education" has the meaning assigned by Section 61.003.
(b) Amounts received by an institution of higher education from a health benefit plan issuer as a result of a claim filed with the issuer by or on behalf of the institution's student health center are institutional funds under Section 51.009 and may be used only for the construction, improvement, operation, or maintenance of the student health center or to increase or enhance the services offered by the student health center. It is the intent of the legislature that those amounts be in addition to other amounts of money allocated to the student health center and those other amounts not be reduced.
(1) "Health benefit plan" means any health benefit plan regulated under the Insurance Code, including:
(A) an individual or group health insurance policy; or
(B) an evidence of coverage issued by a health maintenance organization.
(2) "Institution of higher education" has the meaning assigned by Section 61.003.
(b) Amounts received by an institution of higher education from a health benefit plan issuer as a result of a claim filed with the issuer by or on behalf of the institution's student health center are institutional funds under Section 51.009 and may be used only for the construction, improvement, operation, or maintenance of the student health center or to increase or enhance the services offered by the student health center. It is the intent of the legislature that those amounts be in addition to other amounts of money allocated to the student health center and those other amounts not be reduced.
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