Tex. Health and Safety Code § 31.008
This is the official text of Tex. Health and Safety Code § 31.008, part of Texas’s Health and Safety Code — covers public health and safety regulation.
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§ 31.008. ELIGIBILITY FOR SERVICES.
Official statutory text
(a) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules relating to eligibility criteria for an individual to receive services under the program, including health, medical, and financial criteria. The department shall determine or cause to be determined an applicant's eligibility in accordance with this chapter and department rules.
(b) Except as modified by other rules adopted under this chapter, the executive commissioner by rule shall provide that to be eligible to receive services, the individual must be a resident of this state.
(b) Except as modified by other rules adopted under this chapter, the executive commissioner by rule shall provide that to be eligible to receive services, the individual must be a resident of this state.
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