Texas Administrative Code

Texas Administrative Code

TITLE 25	HEALTH SERVICES
PART 1	DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES
CHAPTER 13	HEALTH PLANNING AND RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
SUBCHAPTER B	DATA COLLECTION
RULE §13.17	Duties of Nonprofit Hospitals under Health and Safety Code, Chapter 311

language readily understandable to the average reader.

(f) Exemptions. A nonprofit hospital is exempt from the reporting requirement in subsection (c) of this section if the hospital is located in a county with a population under 50,000 and in which the entire county or the population of the entire county has been designated as a "Federally designated Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA)" during the current or any previous fiscal year and has continued to maintain that designation.

(g) For purposes of this section only (excluding subsection (b)(1)(H) of this section), a nonprofit hospital shall include a nonprofit hospital as defined in §13.13 of this title and:

(1) a Medicaid disproportionate share hospital; or

(2) a public hospital that is owned or operated by a political subdivision of municipal corporation of the state, including a hospital district or authority.

Source Note: The provisions of this §13.17 adopted to be effective February 23, 1994, 19 TexReg 921; amended to be effective February 28, 1996, 21 TexReg 1282; amended to be effective May 10, 1998, 23 TexReg 4269; amended to be effective February 8, 2001, 26 TexReg 1141; amended to be effective April 14, 2002, 27 TexReg 2827; amended to be effective December 4, 2007, 32 TexReg 8827