Bill Text: TX SB1813 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced

Texas Senate Bill 1813 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to the transfer to the state of certain county public funds by certain counties for the purpose of providing the state share of Disproportionate Share Hospital payments.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-25 - Referred to Health & Human Services [SB1813 Detail]

Download: Texas-2013-SB1813-Introduced.html



	By: West	S.B. No. 1813


	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the transfer to the state of certain county public funds
	by certain counties for the purpose of providing the state share of
	Disproportionate Share Hospital payments.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 32, Human Resources Code,
	is amended by adding Section 32.0283 to read as follows:
	Sec. 32.0283. TRANSFER OF PUBLIC FUNDS FOR DISPROPORTIONATE
	SHARE HOSPITAL PROGRAM. A county that has a public or private
	hospital that is eligible to receive funds under the Medicaid
	Disproportionate Share Hospital program under 42 U.S.C. Section
	1396r-4 administered by the Health and Human Services Commission
	must transfer four percent of that county's general revenue levy to
	the commission for the purpose of supplying the state share of
	Disproportionate Share Hospital payments unless the county or
	hospital district within the county has transferred public funds to
	the commission for the purpose.
	SECTION 2. If before implementing any provision of this Act
	a state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a
	federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision,
	the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or
	authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the
	waiver or authorization is granted.
	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, 2013.