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Tex. Human Resources Code § 111.059: SUBROGATION.
Where this section sits in the code
- HUMAN RESOURCES CODE
- TITLE 7. REHABILITATION OF INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES
- CHAPTER 111. REHABILITATION SERVICES FOR CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES
- SUBCHAPTER C. POWERS AND DUTIES OF DEPARTMENT
(a) In furnishing a person rehabilitation services, including medical care services, under this chapter or Subchapter F, Chapter 117, the department is subrogated to the person's right of recovery from:
(1) personal insurance;
(2) another person for personal injury caused by the other person's negligence or wrongdoing; or
(3) any other source.
(b) The department's right of subrogation is limited to the cost of the services provided.
(c) The commissioner may totally or partially waive the department's right of subrogation when the commissioner finds that enforcement would tend to defeat the purpose of rehabilitation.
(d) The executive commissioner may adopt rules for the enforcement of the department's right of subrogation.
Added by Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 344, ch. 77, Sec. 4, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 4.399, eff. April 2, 2015.
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