Sec. 311.003.  REIMBURSEMENT FOR INFANT TRANSPORT TO HOSPITAL NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT.  (a)  A hospital that agrees to admit an infant into its level III neonatal intensive care unit shall pay for the part of the cost of transporting the infant to the hospital from any location in this state that the hospital administrator determines cannot be paid:
(1)  by a member of the infant's immediate family or other person legally responsible for the infant's support through personal means;  or
(2)  by insurance or another benefit system that pays for transportation for that purpose.
(b)  A hospital is entitled to receive state reimbursement for funds spent by the hospital under Subsection (a).
(c)  The Department of State Health Services shall administer the state funds for reimbursement under this section, and may spend not more than $100,000 each fiscal year from earned federal funds or private donations to implement this section.
(d)  The executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission shall adopt rules that establish qualifications for reimbursement and provide procedures for applying for reimbursement.
(e)  In this section, "level III neonatal intensive care unit" means a neonatal care unit that complies with standards adopted by the American Academy of Pediatrics.
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. 3.0837, eff. April 2, 2015.