Tex. Health and Safety Code § 61.039
This is the official text of Tex. Health and Safety Code § 61.039, part of Texas’s Health and Safety Code — covers public health and safety regulation.
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§ 61.039. FAILURE TO PROVIDE STATE ASSISTANCE.
Official statutory text
If the department fails to provide assistance to an eligible county as prescribed by Section 61.038, the county is not liable for payments for health care services provided to its eligible county residents after the county reaches the eight percent expenditure level.
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