A rural hospital or rural health clinic awarded a grant under this subchapter may use grant money to:
- (1) purchase equipment necessary for implementing a telemedicine medical service;
- (2) modernize the hospital's or clinic'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 hospital or clinic to use a telemedicine medical service.
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 769 (H.B. 4611), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2025.
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 707 (H.B. 18), Sec. 8, eff. June 20, 2025.