Bill Text: TX HB1416 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the authority of the Childress County Hospital District to provide facilities and services for persons who are elderly or disabled; providing authority to issue bonds and notes.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-05-13 - Laid on the table subject to call [HB1416 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB1416-Introduced.html
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| By: Chisum | H.B. No. 1416 | |
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| relating to the authority of the Childress County Hospital District | ||
| to provide facilities and services for persons who are elderly or | ||
| disabled; providing authority to issue bonds and notes. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 1012, Special District | ||
| Local Laws Code, is amended by adding Section 1012.114 to read as | ||
| follows: | ||
| Sec. 1012.114. FACILITIES OR SERVICES FOR PERSONS WHO ARE | ||
| ELDERLY OR DISABLED. (a) The district may: | ||
| (1) purchase, construct, acquire, repair, renovate, | ||
| equip, or administer the following types of facilities or services | ||
| for the care of persons who are elderly or disabled: | ||
| (A) a nursing home or similar long-term care | ||
| facility; | ||
| (B) elderly housing; | ||
| (C) assisted living; | ||
| (D) home health; | ||
| (E) personal care; | ||
| (F) special care; or | ||
| (G) continuing care; and | ||
| (2) purchase, acquire, repair, or equip durable | ||
| medical equipment to provide services to persons who are elderly or | ||
| disabled. | ||
| (b) For a facility or service described by Subsection (a), | ||
| the board may: | ||
| (1) lease or enter into an operating or management | ||
| agreement relating to all or part of a facility or service that is | ||
| owned by the district; | ||
| (2) close, transfer, sell, or otherwise convey all or | ||
| part of a facility; and | ||
| (3) discontinue all or part of a service. | ||
| (c) The board may issue general obligation bonds, revenue | ||
| bonds, and other notes to acquire, construct, or improve a facility | ||
| for the care of persons who are elderly or disabled or to implement | ||
| the delivery of a service for the care of persons who are elderly or | ||
| disabled. | ||
| (d) For the purposes of this section, a facility or service | ||
| described by Subsection (a) is a hospital project under Chapter | ||
| 223, Health and Safety Code, notwithstanding Section 223.002 of | ||
| that chapter. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2011. | ||
