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Tex. Hum. Res. Code § 32.003 (2026)

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Sec. 32.003. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:

(1) "Health and human services agencies" has the meaning assigned by Section 521.0001, Government Code.

(2) "Local health department" means a local health department established under Subchapter D, Chapter 121, Health and Safety Code.

(3) "Local health unit" means a local health unit described by Section 121.004, Health and Safety Code.

(3-a) "Local public health entity" means:

(A) a local health unit;

(B) a local health department; and

(C) a public health district.

(4) "Medical assistance" and "Medicaid" include all of the health care and related services and benefits authorized or provided under federal law for needy individuals of this state.

(5) "Public health district" means a public health district established under Subchapter E, Chapter 121, Health and Safety Code.

Acts 1979, 66th Leg., p. 2349, ch. 842, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1979. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 6, Sec. 2, eff. March 23, 1995.

Amended by:

Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 4.073, eff. April 2, 2015.

Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 4.465(a)(35), eff. April 2, 2015.

Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 535 (S.B. 73), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2021.

Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 769 (H.B. 4611), Sec. 2.76, eff. April 1, 2025.

SUBCHAPTER B. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS


Notes of Decisions
Cited in 9 cases, 2000–2014 · leading case: Texas Dep't of State Health Servs. v. Balquinta, 429 S.W.3d 726 (Tex. App. 2014).
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Texas Dep't of State Health Servs. v. Balquinta, 429 S.W.3d 726 (Tex. App. 2014). “See Tex. Hum. Res.Code §§ 32.003, .021. . See Act of May 30, 2005, 79th Leg.”
Sw. Pharmacy Solutions, Inc. v. Texas Health & Human Servs. Comm'n, 408 S.W.3d 549 (Tex. App. 2013). “0055(b)(1); Tex. Hum. Res.Code §§ 32.003(4), .028(a).”
Low-Income Women Ex Rel. Prince v. Bost, 38 S.W.3d 689 (Tex. App. 2000). · cites it 3× “" Tex.Hum.Res.Code Ann. § 32.003 (West Supp.”
Hawkins v. Dallas Cnty. Hosp. Dist., 150 S.W.3d 535 (Tex. App. 2004). “See Tex. Hum. Res.Code Ann. § 32.003(3) (West 2001).”
the Low-Income Women of Texas, as Represented by Robert Prince, M.D. Curtis Boyd, M.D. William Watkins West, Jr., M.D. The Fairmount Ctr. The Routh Street Women's Clinic & Reproductive Health Servs. v. Eric M. Bost, Comm'r of Human Servs., in His Off. Capacity & His Successors The Texas Bd. of Human Servs. The Texas Dep't of Human Servs. Charles E. Bell, Comm'r of Health, in His Off. Capacity & His Successors The (Tex. App. 2000). · cites it 2× “" Tex. Hum. Res. Code Ann. § 32.003 (West Supp.”
Albert Hawkins, in His Capacity as Comm'r of Health & Human Servs. The Texas Health & Human Servs. Comm'n & the Texas Dep't of Health v. Dallas Cnty. Hosp. Dist. D/B/A Parkland Health & Hosp. Sys. (Tex. App. 2004). “See Tex. Hum. Res. Code Ann. § 32.003 (3) (West 2001).”
Albert Hawkins, in His Capacity as Comm'r of Health & Human Servs. The Texas Health & Human Servs. Comm'n & the Texas Dep't of Health v. Dallas Cnty. Hosp. Dist. D/B/A Parkland Health & Hosp. Sys. (Tex. App. 2004). “See Tex. Hum. Res. Code Ann. § 32.003 (3) (West 2001).”
Sw. Pharmacy Solutions, Inc. D/B/A Am. Pharmacies v. Texas Health & Human Servs. Comm'n & Thomas Suehs, Solely in His Off. Capacity as Exec. Comm'r of the Texas Health & Human Servs. Comm'n (Tex. App. 2013). “0055(b)(1); Tex. Hum. Res. Code §§ 32.003(4), .028(a).”
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). “5 See Tex. Hum. Res. Code §§ 32.003, .021. 6 See Act of May 30, 2005, 79th Leg.”
— Tex. Hum. Res. Code § 32.003(3) — 1 case
Hawkins v. Dallas Cnty. Hosp. Dist., 150 S.W.3d 535 (Tex. App. 2004). “See Tex. Hum. Res.Code Ann. § 32.003(3) (West 2001).”
— Tex. Hum. Res. Code § 32.003(4) — 2 cases
Sw. Pharmacy Solutions, Inc. v. Texas Health & Human Servs. Comm'n, 408 S.W.3d 549 (Tex. App. 2013). “0055(b)(1); Tex. Hum. Res.Code §§ 32.003(4), .028(a).”
Sw. Pharmacy Solutions, Inc. D/B/A Am. Pharmacies v. Texas Health & Human Servs. Comm'n & Thomas Suehs, Solely in His Off. Capacity as Exec. Comm'r of the Texas Health & Human Servs. Comm'n (Tex. App. 2013). “0055(b)(1); Tex. Hum. Res. Code §§ 32.003(4), .028(a).”
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