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Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
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HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE |
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Title 7. MENTAL HEALTH AND MENTAL RETARDATION |
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Subtitle B. STATE FACILITIES |
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Chapter 552. STATE HOSPITALS |
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Subchapter B. INDIGENT AND NONINDIGENT PATIENTS |
Sec. 552.017. SLIDING FEE SCHEDULE
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(a) The department by rule shall establish a sliding fee schedule for the payment by the patient's parents of the state's total costs for the support, maintenance, and treatment of a patient younger than 18 years of age.
(b) The department shall set the fee according to the parents' net taxable income and ability to pay.
(c) The parents may elect to have their net taxable income determined by their current financial statement or most recent federal income tax return.
(d) In determining the portion of the costs of the patient's support, maintenance, and treatment that the parents are required to pay, the department shall adjust, when appropriate, the payment required under the fee schedule to allow for consideration of other factors affecting the ability of the parents to pay.
(e) The department shall evaluate and, if necessary, revise the fee schedule at least once every five years.