{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-487.602","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 487.602","heading":"RURAL PHYSICIAN RELIEF PROGRAM.","body":"Subject to available funding, the department shall create a program to provide affordable relief services to rural physicians practicing in the fields of general family medicine, general internal medicine, and general pediatrics to facilitate the ability of those physicians to take time away from their practice.\nAdded by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 609, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.\nAmended by:\nActs 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 112 (H.B. 1918), Sec. 76, eff. September 1, 2009.\nActs 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 148 (H.B. 1493), Sec. 37, eff. September 1, 2013.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 4. EXECUTIVE BRANCH","SUBTITLE F. COMMERCE AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT","CHAPTER 487. OFFICE OF RURAL AFFAIRS IN DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE","SUBCHAPTER N. RURAL PHYSICIAN RELIEF PROGRAM"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.487.htm#487.602","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"ba3cd5f5ac7a5f9b01e58f27e7b1548254d6237ae22525eb242aaac91e6fc6ec","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-487.601","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-487.603"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}