In this chapter:
- (1) "Institutional health care provider" means a nonpublic hospital that provides inpatient hospital services.
- (2) "Paying hospital" means an institutional health care provider required to make a mandatory payment under this chapter.
- (3) "Program" means the county health care provider participation program authorized by this chapter.
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 632 (H.B. 4835), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2025.