{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-526.0321","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 526.0321","heading":"DEFINITIONS.","body":"In this subchapter:\n(1) \"Hospital district\" means a hospital district created under the authority of Sections 4 through 11, Article IX, Texas Constitution.\n(2) \"Office\" means the State Office of Rural Hospital Finance established under Section 526.0304.\n(3) \"Rural county\" means a county with a population of 68,750 or less.\n(4) \"Rural hospital\" has the meaning assigned by Section 548.0351.\n(5) \"Rural hospital authority\" means a hospital authority located in a rural county.\n(6) \"Rural hospital district\" means a hospital district located in a rural county.\n(7) \"Rural hospital organization\" means a statewide nonprofit organization that provides services to rural hospitals.\nAdded by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 707 (H.B. 18), Sec. 4, eff. June 20, 2025.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 4. EXECUTIVE BRANCH","SUBTITLE I. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","CHAPTER 526. ADDITIONAL POWERS AND DUTIES OF COMMISSION AND EXECUTIVE COMMISSIONER","SUBCHAPTER G-1. GRANT PROGRAMS FOR RURAL HOSPITALS, HOSPITAL DISTRICTS, AND HOSPITAL AUTHORITIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.526.htm#526.0321","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"40a1688989a0f8faaba0e1a4e3845f7eacbfefd96b77ca3c585a1275e8786ddf","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-526.0305","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-526.0322"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}