APPLICABILITY OF SPECIFIC LAWS.
Tex. HEALTH & SAFETY Code § 534.154.
in effect(a) A nonprofit health maintenance organization created under Section 534.151 is a health care provider that is a nonprofit health maintenance organization created and operated by a community center for purposes of Section 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.