{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-61.012","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 61.012","heading":"REIMBURSEMENT FOR SERVICES.","body":"(a) In this section, \"sponsored alien\" means a person who has been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. Section 1101 et seq.) and who, as a condition of admission, was sponsored by a person who executed an affidavit of support on behalf of the person.\n(b) A public hospital or hospital district that provides health care services to a sponsored alien under this chapter may recover from a person who executed an affidavit of support on behalf of the alien the costs of the health care services provided to the alien.\n(c) A public hospital or hospital district described by Subsection (b) must notify a sponsored alien and a person who executed an affidavit of support on behalf of the alien, at the time the alien applies for health care services, that a person who executed an affidavit of support on behalf of a sponsored alien is liable for the cost of health care services provided to the alien.\nAdded by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 7 (S.B. 7), Sec. 1.16(a), eff. September 28, 2011.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 2. HEALTH","SUBTITLE C. PROGRAMS PROVIDING HEALTH CARE BENEFITS AND SERVICES","CHAPTER 61. INDIGENT HEALTH CARE AND TREATMENT ACT","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.61.htm#61.012","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"2adade35d227c708a1c0630bd158c5356875f08ab83c1d00b9b39e2810bbb248","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-61.011","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-61.021"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}