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Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
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HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE |
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Title 2. HEALTH |
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Subtitle A. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH |
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Chapter 12. POWERS AND DUTIES OF TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH |
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Subchapter D. FEES FOR PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES |
Sec. 12.034. COLLECTION PROCEDURES
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(a) The board shall establish procedures for the collection of fees for public health services. The procedures shall be used by the department and by those department contractors required by the board to charge fees.
(b) The fees may be collected either before the performance of the services or by billing after the services are performed.
(c) The department shall make a reasonable effort to collect fees billed after services are performed. However, the board by rule may waive the collection procedures if the administrative costs exceed the fees to be collected.
(d) If the board elects to require cash payments by program participants, the money received shall be deposited locally at the end of each day and retained by the department for not more than seven days. At the end of that time, the money shall be deposited in the state treasury.