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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 D. PERSONS WITH MENTAL RETARDATION ACT |
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Chapter 593. ADMISSION AND COMMITMENT TO MENTAL RETARDATION SERVICES |
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Subchapter D. FEES |
Sec. 593.074. MAXIMUM FEES
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(a) Except as provided by this section, the department may not charge for a resident total fees from all sources that exceed the cost to the state to support, maintain, and treat the resident.
(b) The department may use the projected cost of providing residential services to establish the maximum fee that may be charged to a payer.
(c) The department may establish maximum fees on one or a combination of the following:
(1) a statewide per capita;
(2) an individual facility per capita; or
(3) the type of service provided.
(d) Notwithstanding Subsection (b), the department may establish a fee in excess of the department's projected cost of providing residential services that may be charged to a payer:
(1) who is not an individual; and
(2) whose method of determining the rate of reimbursement to a provider results in the excess.