§ 540.0701 Acute Care Service Delivery Through Most Cost-Effective Model; Managed Care Service Delivery Areas
§ 540.0702 Transition of Case Management for Children and Pregnant Women Program Recipients to Medicaid Managed Care Program
§ 540.0703 Behavioral Health and Physical Health Services
§ 540.0704 Targeted Case Management and Psychiatric Rehabilitative Services for Children, Adolescents, and Families
§ 540.0705 Behavioral Health Services Provided Through Third Party or Subsidiary
§ 540.0706 Psychotropic Medication Monitoring System for Certain Children
§ 540.0707 Medication Therapy Management
§ 540.0708 Special Disease Management
§ 540.0709 Special Protocols for Indigent Populations
§ 540.0710 Direct Access to Eye Health Care Services
§ 540.0711 Delivery of Benefits Using Telecommunications or Information Technology
§ 540.0712 Promotion and Principles of Patient-Centered Medical Home
§ 540.0713 Value-Added Services
lawyer at desk

Ask a legal question, get an answer ASAP!
Click here to chat with a lawyer about your rights.

Terms Used In Texas Government Code Chapter 540 > Subchapter O - Delivery of Services: General Provisions

  • Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
  • Effects: includes all personal property and all interest in that property. See Texas Government Code 312.011
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Impeachment: (1) The process of calling something into question, as in "impeaching the testimony of a witness." (2) The constitutional process whereby the House of Representatives may "impeach" (accuse of misconduct) high officers of the federal government for trial in the Senate.
  • in writing: includes any representation of words, letters, or figures, whether by writing, printing, or other means. See Texas Government Code 312.011
  • Justice: when applied to a magistrate, means justice of the peace. See Texas Government Code 312.011
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • 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
  • Population: means the population shown by the most recent federal decennial census. See Texas Government Code 311.005
  • Rule: includes regulation. 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.
  • Testify: Answer questions in court.
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
  • Week: means seven consecutive days. See Texas Government Code 311.005
  • Written: includes any representation of words, letters, symbols, or figures. See Texas Government Code 311.005