Bill Text: TX HB3781 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the maintenance by certain hospitals of records regarding certain uncompensated care costs.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-23 - Referred to Public Health [HB3781 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB3781-Introduced.html
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By: Naishtat | H.B. No. 3781 |
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relating to the maintenance by certain hospitals of records | ||
regarding certain uncompensated care costs. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 311, Health and Safety | ||
Code, is amended by adding Section 311.034 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 311.034. RECORDS OF CERTAIN COSTS REQUIRED; REPORT. | ||
(a) A public or private hospital that receives trauma funds under | ||
Section 773.122, 780.004, or 782.003 or Section 403.106, Government | ||
Code, shall maintain a record of: | ||
(1) the amount of uncompensated care costs at the | ||
hospital resulting from workplace injuries; and | ||
(2) the cause of each workplace injury for which | ||
treatment is uncompensated or, if the cause is not known, the name | ||
of the employer of the injured person. | ||
(b) A hospital described by Subsection (a) annually shall | ||
submit to the department a report containing the records required | ||
by that subsection. | ||
(c) The department shall provide technical assistance to a | ||
hospital described by Subsection (a) to maximize the efficiency of | ||
reporting under this section. | ||
SECTION 2. A hospital required to report to the Department | ||
of State Health Services under Section 311.034, Health and Safety | ||
Code, as added by this Act, shall submit the initial report required | ||
by that section not later than August 1, 2012. | ||
SECTION 3. 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. |