Texas § HS.552.016 - FEES
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§ HS.552.016. FEES
FEES. (a) Except as provided by this section, the department may not charge a fee that exceeds the cost to the state to support, maintain, and treat a patient. (b) The executive commissioner may use the projected cost of providing inpatient services to establish by rule the maximum fee that may be charged to a payer. (c) The executive commissioner by rule may establish the maximum fee according to one or a combination of the following: (1) a statewide per capita; (2) an individual facility per capita; or (3) the type of service provided. (d) Notwithstanding Subsection (b), the executive commissioner by rule may establish a fee in excess of the department's projected cost of providing inpatient services that may be charged to a payer: (1) who is not an individual; and (2) whose method of determining the rate of reimbursement to a provider results in the excess. Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991. Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219 ), Sec. 3.1338, eff. April 2, 2015.
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Section HS.552.016 ("FEES") 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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