Sec. 12.034.  COLLECTION PROCEDURES.  (a)  The executive commissioner 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 executive commissioner to collect 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 executive commissioner by rule may waive the collection procedures if the administrative costs exceed the fees to be collected.
(d)  If the executive commissioner 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.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
Amended by: 
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0028, eff. April 2, 2015.