{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-185.001","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 185.001","heading":"DEFINITIONS.","body":"In this chapter:\n(1) \"Debt collection\" has the meaning assigned by Section 392.001, Finance Code.\n(2) \"Health care provider\" means a facility licensed, certified, or otherwise authorized to provide health care services or supplies in this state in the ordinary course of business, including a hospital, except the term does not include a federally-qualified health center, as defined by 42 U.S.C. Section 1396d(l)(2)(B).\n(3) \"Health care service\" means a service a health care provider provides to an individual to diagnose, prevent, treat, alleviate, cure, or heal a human health condition, illness, injury, or disease.\nAdded by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 271 (S.B. 490), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2023.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 2. HEALTH","SUBTITLE J. PAYMENT FOR HEALTH CARE SERVICES AND SUPPLIES","CHAPTER 185. HEALTH CARE BILLING"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.185.htm#185.001","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"820b1abc6993a34b8722caf4239bb48a9aed9185027094eecfcec2e55d934ac6","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-183.012","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-185.002"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}