Texas Health and Safety Code 534.154 – Applicability of Specific Laws
(a) A nonprofit health maintenance organization created under § 534.151 is a health care provider that is a nonprofit health maintenance organization created and operated by a community center for purposes of § 84.007(e), Civil Practice and Remedies Code. The nonprofit health maintenance organization is not a governmental unit or a unit of local government, for purposes of Chapters 101 and 102, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, respectively, or a local government for purposes of Chapter 791, Government Code.
(b) Nothing in this subchapter precludes one or more community centers from forming a nonprofit corporation under Chapter 162, Occupations Code, to provide services on a risk-sharing or capitated basis as permitted under Chapter 844, Insurance Code.
Terms Used In Texas Health and Safety Code 534.154
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.