Bill Text: TX SB1272 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a study on reforms to the Indigent Health Care and Treatment Act.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-09 - Referred to Health & Human Services [SB1272 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB1272-Introduced.html
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By: Johnson | S.B. No. 1272 |
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relating to a study on reforms to the Indigent Health Care and | ||
Treatment Act. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. (a) In this section: | ||
(1) "Commission" means the Health and Human Services | ||
Commission. | ||
(2) "Mandated provider" has the meaning assigned by | ||
Section 61.002, Health and Safety Code. | ||
(b) The commission shall conduct a study on reforms to the | ||
Indigent Health Care and Treatment Act, codified in Chapter 61, | ||
Health and Safety Code. The study must examine: | ||
(1) historical trends of individuals who are seeking | ||
health care services from a health care provider other than a | ||
mandated provider; | ||
(2) the best method of communicating to an individual | ||
information on the mandated providers for the jurisdiction in which | ||
the individual resides; | ||
(3) whether the health care services provided by a | ||
county under the Indigent Health Care and Treatment Act are | ||
sufficient to cover an individual's health care needs; and | ||
(4) the costs incurred by a hospital district in | ||
providing health care services to individuals who reside outside of | ||
the district's jurisdiction, including a comparison of: | ||
(A) the costs incurred by counties with mandated | ||
providers compared to counties without mandated providers; and | ||
(B) the costs incurred by counties that are | ||
surrounded by other counties with mandated providers compared to | ||
counties that are surrounded by other counties without mandated | ||
providers. | ||
(c) Not later than September 1, 2024, the commission shall | ||
prepare and submit to the governor, the lieutenant governor, the | ||
speaker of the house of representatives, and each standing | ||
committee of the legislature with jurisdiction over public | ||
hospitals a written report summarizing the results of the study | ||
conducted under this section. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act expires September 1, 2025. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |