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Tex. Hum. Res. Code § 32.002 (2026)

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Sec. 32.002. CONSTRUCTION OF CHAPTER. (a) This chapter shall be liberally construed and applied in relation to applicable federal laws and regulations so that adequate and high quality health care may be made available to all children and adults who need the care and are not financially able to pay for it.

(b) If a provision of this chapter conflicts with a provision of the Social Security Act or any other federal act and renders the state program out of conformity with federal law to the extent that federal matching money is not available to the state, the conflicting provision of state law shall be inoperative to the extent of the conflict but shall not affect the remainder of this chapter.

Acts 1979, 66th Leg., p. 2348, ch. 842, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1979.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1993–2021 · leading case: Patterson v. Planned Parenthood of Houston & Se. Texas, Inc., 971 S.W.2d 439 (Tex. 1998).
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Patterson v. Planned Parenthood of Houston & Se. Texas, Inc., 971 S.W.2d 439 (Tex. 1998). · cites it 2× “TEX. HUM. RES.CODE § 32.002. This section provides indigent children and adults with a statutory interest in maintaining the flow of federal health care funds, but it does not give Planned Parenthood, a conduit for these taxpayer-supported services, a similar statutory interest.”
Texas Dep't of State Health Servs. v. Balquinta, 429 S.W.3d 726 (Tex. App. 2014). “Tex. Hum. Res.Code § 32.002(b). . Appellees additionally sought a declaration that the rule provisions violated the aforementioned 2012-13 appropriations rider, but that claim, again, is now moot.”
Texas Dep't of Health v. Texas Health Enter., Inc., 871 S.W.2d 498 (Tex. App. 1993). “002 provides, in pertinent part, "[I]f a provision of this chapter conflicts with a provision of the Social Security Act or any other federal act and renders the state program out of conformity with federal law to the extent that federal matching money is not available to the…”
Chris Traylor, as Exec. Comm'r of the Texas Health & Human Servs. Comm'n & the Texas Health & Human Servs. Comm'n v. Diana D., as Next Friend of KD, a Child Karen G., as Next Friend of TG & ZM, Child. Guadalupe P., as Next Friend of LP, a Child Sally L., as Next Friend of CH, a Child Dena D., as Next Friend of BD, a Child OCI Acquisition, LLC (Tex. App. 2015). · cites it 2× “5 TEX. HUM. RES. CODE § 32.002 ............”
RGV Smiles by Rocky L. Salinas D.D.S. P.A. & Rocky Salinas (Bankr. S.D. Tex. 2021). “70 TEX. HUM. RES. CODE § 32.002. 71 Id. § 36.”
Texas Dep't of State Health Servs. & Kyle Janek, in His Off. Capacity as Exec. Comm'r of the Texas Health & Human Servs. Comm'n v. Marcela Balquinta Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas Fam. Plan. & Preventative Health Servs., Inc. Planned Parenthood Ass'n of Hidalgo Cnty. Texas, Inc. Planned Parenthood Ass'n of Lubbock, Inc. (Tex. App. 2014). “Tex. Hum. Res. Code § 32.002(b). 29 Appellees additionally sought a declaration that the rule provisions violated the aforementioned 2012-13 appropriations rider, but that claim, again, is now moot.”
Noah S. Bunker, Paul Carrell, Everett Brew Houston, Jr., W. Andrew Buchholz, Scott J. Leighty, Jad L. Davis, & Holly Clause v. Tracy D. Strandhagen (Tex. App. 2015). “He must, indeed, have a legitimate claim TEX. HUM. RES. CODE § 32.002. This section pro- of entitlement to it.”
Sensitive Care, Inc. D/B/A HEB Nursing Ctr. v. Texas Dep't of Human Servs. (Tex. App. 1996). “Laws 2920 , 2921-24; Tex. Hum. Res. Code Ann. § 32.002 -.042 (West 1990 & Supp.”
— Tex. Hum. Res. Code § 32.002(b) — 2 cases
Texas Dep't of State Health Servs. v. Balquinta, 429 S.W.3d 726 (Tex. App. 2014). “Tex. Hum. Res.Code § 32.002(b). . Appellees additionally sought a declaration that the rule provisions violated the aforementioned 2012-13 appropriations rider, but that claim, again, is now moot.”
Texas Dep't of State Health Servs. & Kyle Janek, in His Off. Capacity as Exec. Comm'r of the Texas Health & Human Servs. Comm'n v. Marcela Balquinta Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas Fam. Plan. & Preventative Health Servs., Inc. Planned Parenthood Ass'n of Hidalgo Cnty. Texas, Inc. Planned Parenthood Ass'n of Lubbock, Inc. (Tex. App. 2014). “Tex. Hum. Res. Code § 32.002(b). 29 Appellees additionally sought a declaration that the rule provisions violated the aforementioned 2012-13 appropriations rider, but that claim, again, is now moot.”
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