The following words and terms, when used in these sections, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.

1. (1) Area--A county, census tract, group of census tracts, or other identifiable geographic area in which the majority of the practice's patients live.
2. (2) Department--The Department of State Health Services.

3. (3) Eligible client populations--Residents meeting the eligibility criteria for participation in any of the following programs:

   1. (A) federally funded health care programs, including, but not limited to: AIDS (health care delivery programs); community and migrant health centers (Public Health Service Act, §§329 and 330 grantees); family planning; homeless (including Public Health Service Act, §340 grantees); Medicaid; or Medicare;
   2. (B) state funded health care programs, including, but not limited to: AIDS (health care delivery programs); children with special health care needs (CSHCN); Medicaid; state primary health care; or student health centers (state funded colleges and universities); or
   3. (C) locally funded health care programs, including, but not limited to: locally supported nonprofit health care programs; programs funded by city or county governmental entities; or programs funded by hospital districts.
4. (4) Primary care physicians--Physicians practicing in family/general practice, obstetrics/gynecology, internal medicine, geriatrics, or pediatrics.
5. (5) Practice serving a medically underserved population (Practice-MUP)--An eligible practice designated by the department as a practice serving a medically underserved population in accordance with the Texas Occupations Code, §157.051(11)(F) and this subchapter.

Source Note:The provisions of this §13.32 adopted to be effective November 19, 1990, 15 TexReg 6296; amended to be effective June 10, 2001, 26 TexReg 3935; amended to be effective December 4, 2007, 32 TexReg 8827; amended to be effective August 15, 2018, 43 TexReg 5213.