Statutes/Laws

This page provides links to statutes which name the Department responsible for implementing state requirements for regulating health facilities. Links to sites outside the Department are intended to be informational and do not necessarily imply any official endorsement. Staff associated with the Health Facility Program routinely review the links, but we cannot guarantee the validity of information provided at outside sites.

• Abortion Facilities
• Ambulatory Surgical Centers
• Birthing Centers
• Community Mental Health Centers
• Comprehensive Out-Patient Rehabilitation Facilities
• End-Stage Renal Disease Facilities
• Hospitals - General and Special
• Hospitals - Psychiatric and Crisis Stabilization Units
• Narcotic Treatment Clinics
• Out-Patient Physical Therapy or Speech Pathology Services
• Portable X-Ray Services
• Rural Health Clinics
• Special Care Facilities
• Substance Abuse Treatment Facilities
• Texas Medical Disclosure Panel

Abortion Facilities

Notice to Medicaid Women’s Health Program Providers

Section 32.0248, Human Resources Code, prohibits the payment of Medicaid Women's Health Program funds to a provider that performs elective abortions. This provision also applies to licensed abortion facilities. A provider that has performed elective abortions (through either surgical or medical methods) for any patient is ineligible to serve Medicaid Women's Health Program clients and cannot be reimbursed for those services. This prohibition has been in effect since September 1, 2005. This prohibition does not prohibit providers from delivering services to other Medicaid clients. The Health and Human Services Commission may recoup Medicaid Women's Health Program funds that it determines were paid to providers that have performed elective abortions.

For more information please call Kendra Sippel-Theodore, Medicaid/CHIP Division, Health and Human Services Commission, at (512) 491-5594.

Ambulatory Surgical Centers

Birthing Centers

Community Mental Health Centers | Comprehensive Out-Patient Rehabilitation Facilities

Not regulated by state statute

End-Stage Renal Disease Facilities

Hospitals - General and Special

Hospitals - Psychiatric and Crisis Stabilization Units

Narcotic Treatment Clinics

Out-Patient Physical Therapy | Speech Pathology Services | Portable X-Ray Services | Rural Health Clinics

Not regulated by state statute

Special Care Facilities

Substance Abuse Treatment Facilities

Texas Medical Disclosure Panel

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Last Updated September 1, 2009