- (a) The rules in this chapter implement the Texas Oral Health Improvement Act, Health and Safety Code, Chapter 43 (Act). The Act authorizes the Department of State Health Services (department) to furnish oral health services to eligible individuals. Oral health services may include oral health promotion and education, preventive oral health services, and oral health treatment services to eligible low-income individuals.
- (b) Subchapters B - D of this chapter apply only to the delivery of oral health treatment services under the department's Fee-for-Service Dental Care Program.
Source Note:The provisions of this §49.1 adopted to be effective October 16, 2008, 33 TexReg 8522.