Section 541.003. Use of Grant

TX Govt Code § 541.003 (2019) (N/A)
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Sec. 541.003. USE OF GRANT. A nonurban health care facility awarded a grant under this chapter may use grant money to:

(1) purchase equipment necessary for implementing a telemedicine medical service;

(2) modernize the facility's information technology infrastructure and secure information technology support to ensure an uninterrupted two-way video signal that is compliant with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (Pub. L. No. 104-191);

(3) pay a service fee to a pediatric tele-specialty provider under an annual contract with the provider; or

(4) pay for other activities, services, supplies, facilities, resources, and equipment the commission determines necessary for the facility to use a telemedicine medical service.

Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 148 (H.B. 1697), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2017.