Tex. Health and Safety Code § 75.101
This is the official text of Tex. Health and Safety Code § 75.101, part of Texas’s Health and Safety Code — covers public health and safety regulation.
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§ 75.101. ALTERNATIVE PROGRAMS AUTHORIZED; PROGRAM OBJECTIVES.
Official statutory text
In developing a regional or local health care program, a governing body may provide health care services or benefits as described by this subchapter or may develop another type of program to accomplish the purposes of this chapter. A regional or local health care program must be developed, to the extent practicable, to:
(1) reduce the number of individuals without health benefit plan coverage within the boundaries of the participating county or counties or, for a program operating under Section 75.051(c), in a county in which a participating nonprofit organization operates;
(2) address rising health care costs and reduce the cost of health care services or health benefit plan coverage for small employers and their employees within the boundaries of the participating county or counties or, for a program operating under Section 75.051(c), in a county in which a participating nonprofit organization operates;
(3) promote preventive care and reduce the incidence of preventable health conditions, such as heart disease, cancer, and diabetes and low birth weight in infants;
(4) promote efficient and collaborative delivery of health care services;
(5) serve as a model for the innovative use of health information technology to promote efficient delivery of health care services, reduce health care costs, and improve the health of the community; and
(6) provide fair payment rates for health care providers.
(1) reduce the number of individuals without health benefit plan coverage within the boundaries of the participating county or counties or, for a program operating under Section 75.051(c), in a county in which a participating nonprofit organization operates;
(2) address rising health care costs and reduce the cost of health care services or health benefit plan coverage for small employers and their employees within the boundaries of the participating county or counties or, for a program operating under Section 75.051(c), in a county in which a participating nonprofit organization operates;
(3) promote preventive care and reduce the incidence of preventable health conditions, such as heart disease, cancer, and diabetes and low birth weight in infants;
(4) promote efficient and collaborative delivery of health care services;
(5) serve as a model for the innovative use of health information technology to promote efficient delivery of health care services, reduce health care costs, and improve the health of the community; and
(6) provide fair payment rates for health care providers.
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