Texas § ED.54.508 - MEDICAL SERVICES FEE
Full text of Texas The Texas Constitution § ED.54.508 — MEDICAL SERVICES FEE, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ ED.54.508. MEDICAL SERVICES FEE
MEDICAL SERVICES FEE; TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY SYSTEM COMPONENTS. (a) The board of regents of the Texas Tech University System may charge each student registered at a component institution of the Texas Tech University System a medical services fee not to exceed $100 for each semester or term. (b) Before charging a medical services fee, the board must give students and administrators an opportunity to offer recommendations to the board as to the type and scope of medical services that should be provided. (c) A medical services fee charged under this section may be used only to provide medical services to students enrolled at a component institution of the Texas Tech University System. (d) A medical services fee charged under this section is in addition to any other fee the board is authorized by law to charge. (e) The board may not increase the amount of the medical services fee charged at a component institution of the Texas Tech University System by more than 10 percent from one academic year to the next unless the increase is approved by a majority of the students of the institution voting in a general student election held for that purpose. Added by Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3860, ch. 608, Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 1983. Renumbered from Education Code Sec. 109.52 and amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 901, Sec. 10, eff. Aug. 31, 1987. Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 26, 1991; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 100, Sec. 1, eff. May 11, 2001. Amended by: Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 417 (H.B. 1522 ), Sec. 9, eff. September 1, 2021.
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Section ED.54.508 ("MEDICAL SERVICES FEE") is part of the The Texas Constitution, the codified statutory law of Texas. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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