The following words and terms, when used in these sections,
shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
otherwise.
(1) Area--A county, census tract, group of census tracts,
or other identifiable geographic area in which the majority of the
practice's patients live.
(2) Department--The Department of State Health Services.
(3) Eligible client populations--Residents meeting
the eligibility criteria for participation in any of the following
programs:
(A) federally funded health care programs, including,
but not limited to: AIDS (health care delivery programs); community
and migrant health centers (Public Health Service Act, §§329
and 330 grantees); family planning; homeless (including Public Health
Service Act, §340 grantees); Medicaid; or Medicare;
(B) state funded health care programs, including, but
not limited to: AIDS (health care delivery programs); children with
special health care needs (CSHCN); Medicaid; state primary health
care; or student health centers (state funded colleges and universities);
or
(C) locally funded health care programs, including,
but not limited to: locally supported nonprofit health care programs;
programs funded by city or county governmental entities; or programs
funded by hospital districts.
(4) Primary care physicians--Physicians practicing
in family/general practice, obstetrics/gynecology, internal medicine,
geriatrics, or pediatrics.
(5) Practice serving a medically underserved population
(Practice-MUP)--An eligible practice designated by the department
as a practice serving a medically underserved population in accordance
with the Texas Occupations Code, §157.051(11)(F) and this subchapter.
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Source Note: The provisions of this §13.32 adopted to be effective November 19, 1990, 15 TexReg 6296; amended to be effective June 10, 2001, 26 TexReg 3935; amended to be effective December 4, 2007, 32 TexReg 8827; amended to be effective August 15, 2018, 43 TexReg 5213 |