(a) In furnishing a person rehabilitation services, including medical care services, under this chapter or Subchapter F, Chapter 117, the department is subrogated to the person’s right of recovery from:
(1) personal insurance;
(2) another person for personal injury caused by the other person’s negligence or wrongdoing; or
(3) any other source.
(b) The department’s right of subrogation is limited to the cost of the services provided.

Terms Used In Texas Human Resources Code 111.059

  • Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005

(c) The commissioner may totally or partially waive the department’s right of subrogation when the commissioner finds that enforcement would tend to defeat the purpose of rehabilitation.
(d) The executive commissioner may adopt rules for the enforcement of the department’s right of subrogation.

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