{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-61.066","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 61.066","heading":"PREVENTION AND DETECTION OF FRAUD.","body":"(a) A hospital district may adopt reasonable procedures for minimizing the opportunity for fraud, for establishing and maintaining methods for detecting and identifying situations in which a question of fraud may exist, and for administrative hearings to be conducted on disqualifying persons in cases where fraud appears to exist.\n(b) Procedures established by a hospital district for administrative hearings conducted under this section shall provide for appropriate due process, including procedures for appeals.\n(c) A hospital district may recover, from the eligible resident perpetrating a fraud, an amount equal to the value of any fraudulently obtained health care services provided to the eligible resident disqualified under this section.\nAdded by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 563, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 27, 2001.\nAmended by:\nActs 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1320 (S.B. 303), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 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 C. PERSONS WHO RESIDE IN AN AREA SERVED BY A PUBLIC HOSPITAL OR HOSPITAL DISTRICT"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.61.htm#61.066","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"c70ba371daf95aa2e766d877febf1d98971f64fb16be012663e0a21210c3a92a","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-61.065","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-61.067"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}