{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-487.201","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 487.201","heading":"DEFINITIONS.","body":"In this subchapter:\n(1) \"Medically underserved community\" means:\n(A) a community located in an area in this state with a medically underserved population;\n(B) a community located in an area in this state designated by the United States secretary of health and human services as an area with a shortage of personal health services;\n(C) a population group designated by the United States secretary of health and human services as having a shortage of personal health services;\n(D) a community designated under state or federal law as a medically underserved community; or\n(E) a community that the department considers to be medically underserved based on relevant demographic, geographic, and environmental factors.\n(2) \"Physician\" means a person licensed to practice medicine in this state.\n(3) \"Primary care\" means physician services in family practice, general practice, internal medicine, pediatrics, obstetrics, or gynecology.\n(4) \"Start-up money\" means a payment made by a medically underserved community for reasonable costs incurred by a physician to establish a medical office and ancillary facilities for diagnosing and treating patients.\nAdded by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1424, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.\nAmended by:\nActs 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 112 (H.B. 1918), Sec. 44, eff. September 1, 2009.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 4. EXECUTIVE BRANCH","SUBTITLE F. COMMERCE AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT","CHAPTER 487. OFFICE OF RURAL AFFAIRS IN DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE","SUBCHAPTER F. MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED COMMUNITY-STATE MATCHING INCENTIVE PROGRAM"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.487.htm#487.201","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"60ba7147f6b18a04cad36bf5e93a170d0851812f97561fba86886b6e4539ff09","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-487.163","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-487.202"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}