Section 241.301. Definition

TX Health & Safety Code § 241.301 (2019) (N/A)
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Sec. 241.301. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "limited services rural hospital" means a general or special hospital that is or was licensed under this chapter and that:

(1) is:

(A) located in a rural area, as defined by:

(i) commission rule; or

(ii) 42 U.S.C. Section 1395ww(d)(2)(D); or

(B) designated by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services as a critical access hospital, rural referral center, or sole community hospital; and

(2) otherwise meets the requirements to be designated as a limited services rural hospital or a similarly designated hospital under federal law for purposes of a payment program described by Section 241.302(a)(1).

Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 560 (S.B. 1621), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2019.