Tex. Health and Safety Code § 241.301
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§ 241.301. DEFINITION.
Official statutory text
In this subchapter, "limited services rural hospital" means a general or special hospital that is or was licensed under this chapter and that:
(1) is:
(A) located in a rural area, as defined by:
(i) commission rule; or
(ii) 42 U.S.C. Section 1395ww(d)(2)(D); or
(B) designated by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services as a critical access hospital, rural referral center, or sole community hospital; and
(2) otherwise meets the requirements to be designated as a limited services rural hospital or a similarly designated hospital under federal law for purposes of a payment program described by Section 241.302(a)(1).
(1) is:
(A) located in a rural area, as defined by:
(i) commission rule; or
(ii) 42 U.S.C. Section 1395ww(d)(2)(D); or
(B) designated by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services as a critical access hospital, rural referral center, or sole community hospital; and
(2) otherwise meets the requirements to be designated as a limited services rural hospital or a similarly designated hospital under federal law for purposes of a payment program described by Section 241.302(a)(1).
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