Tex. Health and Safety Code § 12.0122
This is the official text of Tex. Health and Safety Code § 12.0122, part of Texas’s Health and Safety Code — covers public health and safety regulation.
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§ 12.0122. SALE OF LABORATORY SERVICES.
Official statutory text
(a) The department may enter into a contract for the sale and provision of laboratory services in accordance with this section.
(b) The department may enter into a contract with:
(1) a federal, state, or local governmental entity; or
(2) a freestanding public health clinic owned or controlled by a nonprofit organization.
(c) For purposes of Subsection (b)(1), a contract with a federal governmental entity does not include a contract relating to Medicare managed care services.
(d) The executive commissioner by rule may establish fees that the department may collect for the sale of laboratory services.
(e) The department may enter into a contract with a party in or outside of this state.
(f) In this section, "laboratory services" means the activities performed by the laboratory established by the department. The term includes the provision of supplies and test materials and the performance of scientific procedures to analyze or assess specimens from any source, but does not include tissue and cytology specimens, except for pap smears for recipients under federally funded programs or genetic testing.
(b) The department may enter into a contract with:
(1) a federal, state, or local governmental entity; or
(2) a freestanding public health clinic owned or controlled by a nonprofit organization.
(c) For purposes of Subsection (b)(1), a contract with a federal governmental entity does not include a contract relating to Medicare managed care services.
(d) The executive commissioner by rule may establish fees that the department may collect for the sale of laboratory services.
(e) The department may enter into a contract with a party in or outside of this state.
(f) In this section, "laboratory services" means the activities performed by the laboratory established by the department. The term includes the provision of supplies and test materials and the performance of scientific procedures to analyze or assess specimens from any source, but does not include tissue and cytology specimens, except for pap smears for recipients under federally funded programs or genetic testing.
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