Texas Health and Safety Code 42.002 – Definitions
Terms Used In Texas Health and Safety Code 42.002
- Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005
- Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
- United States: includes a department, bureau, or other agency of the United States of America. See Texas Government Code 311.005
In this chapter:
(1) Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1, Sec. 3.1639(18), eff. April 2, 2015.
(2) “Other benefit” means a benefit, other than one provided under this chapter, to which a person is entitled for payment of the costs of medical care and treatment, services, pharmaceuticals, transportation, and supplies, including benefits available from:
(A) an insurance policy, group health plan, or prepaid medical care plan;
(B) Title XVIII or Title XIX of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. § 1395 et seq. and 42 U.S.C. § 1396 et seq.);
(C) the United States Department of Veterans Affairs;
(D) the TRICARE program of the United States Department of Defense;
(E) workers’ compensation or other compulsory employers’ insurance programs;
(F) a public program created by federal law, state law, or the ordinances or rules of a municipality or other political subdivision of the state, excluding benefits created by the establishment of a municipal or county hospital, a joint municipal-county hospital, a county hospital authority, or a hospital district; or
(G) a cause of action for medical expenses brought by an applicant for or recipient of services from the department, or a settlement or judgment based on the cause of action, if the expenses are related to the need for services provided under this chapter.
(3) “Serum creatinine test” is a diagnostic test of a person’s blood that measures the level of creatinine present in the blood.
(4) “Estimated glomerular filtration rate” is a calculation of a person’s kidney function based on:
(A) the person’s age, race, and gender; and
(B) the results of the person’s serum creatinine test.