Sec. 242.098.  REIMBURSEMENT.  (a)  A home that receives emergency assistance funds under this subchapter shall reimburse the department for the amounts received, including interest.
(b)  Interest on unreimbursed amounts begins to accrue on the date on which the funds were disbursed to the home.  The rate of interest is the rate determined under Section 304.003, Finance Code, to be applicable to judgments rendered during the month in which the money was disbursed to the home.
(c)  The owner of the home when the trustee was appointed is responsible for the reimbursement.
(d)  The amount that remains unreimbursed on the expiration of one year after the date on which the funds were received is delinquent and the department may determine that the home is ineligible for a Medicaid provider contract.
(e)  The department shall deposit the reimbursement and interest received under this section to the credit of the nursing and convalescent home trust fund.
(f)  The attorney general shall institute an action to collect the funds due under this section at the request of the department.  Venue for an action brought under this section is in Travis County.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.  Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1396, Sec. 35, eff. Sept. 1, 1997;  Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 62, Sec. 7.64, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Amended by: 
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0629, eff. April 2, 2015.