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<br />1.04 Emergency Services. The term "Emergency Services" <br />means those health services which must be provided <br />immediately to sustain a person's life, to prevent <br />serious permanent disfigurement or loss or impairment <br />of the function of a bodily member or organ, or to <br />provide for the care of a woman in active labor. <br /> <br />1.05 Resident. The term "Resident" shall have the same <br />meaning as is set out at section 1.03 of the Act. <br /> <br />1.06 Working Days. The term "Working Days" means normal <br />working business days, i.e., Monday through Friday of each <br />calendar week, exclusive of county holidays. <br /> <br />1.07 Mandated Provider. The term "Mandated Provider" means <br />a provider of Health Care selected by the County that agrees <br />to provide Indigent Care to Eligible Residents. <br /> <br />1.08 AFDC. The term "AFDC" means the Aid to Families <br />with Dependent Children program administered by the Texas <br />Department of Human Services under Chapter 31, Human <br />Resources Code. <br /> <br />1.09 General Revenue Levy. The term "General Revenue <br />Levy" means the property taxes imposed by a county that are <br />not dedicated to the construction and maintenance of <br />farm-to-market roads or to flood control under Article VIII <br />Section I-a, of the Texas Constitution, or dedicated to the <br />further maintenance of the public roads under Article VIII <br />Section 9, of the Texas Constitution. <br /> <br />1.10 County Auditor. The term "County Auditor" means the <br />Lamar County Auditor, the person performing the duties of <br />the County Auditor as provided in article 1645, et seq, Tex. <br />Rev. Civ. Stat. Ann. <br /> <br />1.11 SSI. The term "SSI" means the Supplemental Security <br />Income program for the aged, blind and disabled, <br />administered by the Department of Health and Human Services <br />under 42 U.S.C.A. 1381 - 1383c (West 1983 and Supp. 1985). <br /> <br />1.12 Eliijibility Document. The term "Eligibility <br />Document shall mean the identification card, certificate, <br />or other document issued -by the County to an Eligible <br />Resident as evidence of that person's eligibility for <br />Indigent care. <br /> <br />-2- <br />