Bill Text: TX HB4603 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the operations of the Nueces County Hospital District, including the operations of a health care provider participation program administered by the district.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-04-07 - Referred to County Affairs [HB4603 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB4603-Introduced.html
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By: Herrero | H.B. No. 4603 |
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relating to the operations of the Nueces County Hospital District, | ||
including the operations of a health care provider participation | ||
program administered by the district. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. The heading to Section 281.094, Health and | ||
Safety Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 281.094. USE OF [ |
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HOSPITAL DISTRICT. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 281.094(a), Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) The [ |
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District may use funds made available to the district from any | ||
source [ |
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for residents of the district, including public health services, | ||
mental health and intellectual disability [ |
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services, emergency medical services, health services provided to | ||
persons confined in jail facilities, and for other health related | ||
purposes if: | ||
(1) the board determines the district has funds | ||
available that are in addition to the funds necessary to satisfy the | ||
district's obligation to fund indigent health care for residents of | ||
the district; and | ||
(2) the Nueces County Commissioners Court approves of | ||
the board's use of the funds. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 298C.004, Health and Safety Code, as | ||
added by Chapter 694 (S.B. 2315), Acts of the 86th Legislature, | ||
Regular Session, 2019, is amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 298C.004. EXPIRATION. (a) Subject to Section | ||
298C.153(d), the authority of the district to administer and | ||
operate a program under this chapter expires December 31, 2023 | ||
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(b) This chapter expires December 31, 2023 [ |
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SECTION 4. 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, 2021. |