To be eligible to receive money from the department, a medically underserved community must:

1. (1) apply for the money; and
2. (2) provide evidence satisfactory to the office that it has entered into an agreement with a physician for the physician to provide primary care in the community for at least two years.

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1424, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.

Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1241 (H.B. 2542), Sec. 31, eff. June 15, 2007.

Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 112 (H.B. 1918), Sec. 46, eff. September 1, 2009.

Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 148 (H.B. 1493), Sec. 24, eff. September 1, 2013.