{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-534.154","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 534.154","heading":"APPLICABILITY OF SPECIFIC LAWS.","body":"(a) A nonprofit health maintenance organization created under Section 534.151 is a health care provider that is a nonprofit health maintenance organization created and operated by a community center for purposes of Section 84.007(e), Civil Practice and Remedies Code. The nonprofit health maintenance organization is not a governmental unit or a unit of local government, for purposes of Chapters 101 and 102, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, respectively, or a local government for purposes of Chapter 791, Government Code.\n(b) Nothing in this subchapter precludes one or more community centers from forming a nonprofit corporation under Chapter 162, Occupations Code, to provide services on a risk-sharing or capitated basis as permitted under Chapter 844, Insurance Code.\nAmended by:\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1336, eff. April 2, 2015.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 7. MENTAL HEALTH AND INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY","SUBTITLE A. SERVICES FOR PERSONS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS OR AN INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY","CHAPTER 534. COMMUNITY SERVICES","SUBCHAPTER C. HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.534.htm#534.154","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"93ee5f7a6c8ef34fd1d6dc18f650bd19ed51cb0287e076a3e63d075f27096620","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-534.153","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-534.155"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}