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Tex. Health and Safety Code § 41.001

This is the official text of Tex. Health and Safety Code § 41.001, part of Texas’s Health and Safety Code — covers public health and safety regulation.

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§ 41.001. DEFINITIONS.

Official statutory text

In this chapter:

(1) "Hemophilia" means a human physical condition characterized by bleeding resulting from a genetically or hereditarily determined deficiency of a blood coagulation factor resulting in an abnormal or deficient plasma procoagulant.

(2) "Other benefit" means a benefit, other than a benefit under this chapter, to which a person is entitled for payment of the costs of blood factor replacement products and other substances provided under this chapter, including benefits available from:

(A) an insurance policy, group health plan, or prepaid medical or dental care plan;

(B) Title XVIII or Title XIX of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 1395 et seq. or 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1396 et seq.);

(C) the United States Department of Veterans Affairs;

(D) the TRICARE program of the United States Department of Defense;

(E) workers' compensation or any compulsory employers' insurance program;

(F) a public program created by federal law, state law, or the ordinances or rules of a municipality or political subdivision of the state, excluding benefits created by the establishment of a municipal or county hospital, a joint municipal-county hospital, a county hospital authority, a hospital district, or the facilities of a publicly supported medical school; or

(G) a cause of action for medical or dental expenses to a person applying for or receiving services from the department, or a settlement or judgment based on the cause of action, if the expenses are related to the need for services provided under this chapter.

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