Section 136.001 - Purpose The legislature finds that:
(1) community health centers play a significant role in the delivery of medical care and related services to the residents of this state who cannot afford health insurance;(2) community health centers are a cost-effective way to provide primary and preventive health care to populations lacking quality health care by reducing hospitalizations and the inappropriate use of emergency rooms;(3) the financing sources available for the capital needs of community health centers, such as buildings and equipment, are inadequate; and(4) increasing community health centers' access to capital would benefit residents of this state in poor and underserved communities and foreign-born residents who are uninsured, by providing greater access to primary care and preventive health services and by targeting the common health problems of these residents.Tex. Hum. Res. Code § 136.001
Chapter heading amended by Acts 2015, Texas Acts of the 84th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 1,Sec. 4.435, eff. 4/2/2015.Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 878, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/2001.