The following words and terms, when used in these sections, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
- (1) Area--A county, census tract, group of census tracts, or other identifiable geographic area in which the majority of the site's patients live.
- (2) Board--The Texas Board of Health.
- (3) Department--The Texas Department of Health.
(4) Eligible client populations--Residents meeting the eligibility criteria for participation in any of the following programs:
- (A) federally funded health care programs, including, but not limited to: AIDS (health care delivery programs); community and migrant health centers (public health service sections 330 and 329 grantees); family planning; homeless (including public health service section 340 grantees); Medicaid; and Medicare;
- (B) state funded health care programs, including, but not limited to: AIDS (health care delivery programs); chronically ill and disabled children (CIDC); Maternal and Infant Health Improvement Act (MIHIA); Medicaid; state primary care; and student health centers (state funded colleges and universities);
- (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; and programs funded by hospital districts.
- (5) Omnibus Health Care Rescue Act--House Bill 18, 71st Legislature, 1989, which amends Texas Civil Statutes, Article 4495b, §3.06.
- (6) Primary care physicians--Physicians practicing in family/general practice, obstetrics/gynecology, internal medicine or pediatrics.
Source Note:The provisions of this §13.32 adopted to be effective November 19, 1990, 15 TexReg 6296.