{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-548.0353","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 548.0353","heading":"USE OF PROGRAM GRANT.","body":"A rural hospital or rural health clinic awarded a grant under this subchapter may use grant money to:\n(1) purchase equipment necessary for implementing a telemedicine medical service;\n(2) modernize the hospital's or clinic's information technology infrastructure and secure information technology support to ensure an uninterrupted two-way video signal that is compliant with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (Pub. L. No. 104-191);\n(3) pay a service fee to a pediatric tele-specialty provider under an annual contract with the provider; or\n(4) pay for other activities, services, supplies, facilities, resources, and equipment the commission determines necessary for the hospital or clinic to use a telemedicine medical service.\nAdded by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 769 (H.B. 4611), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2025.\nAmended by:\nActs 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 707 (H.B. 18), Sec. 8, eff. June 20, 2025.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 4. EXECUTIVE BRANCH","SUBTITLE I. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","CHAPTER 548. HEALTH CARE SERVICES PROVIDED THROUGH TELE-CONNECTIVE MEANS","SUBCHAPTER H. PEDIATRIC TELE-CONNECTIVITY RESOURCE PROGRAM FOR RURAL TEXAS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.548.htm#548.0353","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"46ea8572a1d4e654a8df9eae94002983644c29f5687baaa1b581aaa76d8333c7","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-548.0352","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-548.0354"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}