(a) This chapter implements the Health and Safety Code, §§12.131 - 12.139 and the responsibilities of the Department of State Health Services (department) under the Agreement Regarding Disposition of Tobacco Settlement Proceeds (agreement) filed on July 24, 1998, in United States District Court, Eastern District of Texas, in the case styled The State of Texas v. The American Tobacco Co., et al., No. 5-96CV-91. The term "agreement" includes the subsequent Clarification of Agreement Regarding Disposition of Settlement Proceeds filed on July 24, 1998, in that litigation.(b) The term "political subdivision" means a hospital district, another local political subdivision owning or maintaining a public hospital, or a county of the State of Texas responsible for providing indigent health care to the general public. The Health and Safety Code, Chapter 61, defines which entities are responsible for providing indigent health care to the general public.