81R12815 CS-D By: Martinez H.B. No. 1169 Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1169: By: Truitt C.S.H.B. No. 1169 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to grants for federally qualified health centers. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 31.017, Health and Safety Code, is amended to read as follows: Sec. 31.017. FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTERS. [(a)] The department may make grants to establish new or expand existing facilities and to support new or expanded services at facilities that can qualify as federally qualified health centers, as defined by 42 U.S.C. Section 1396d(l)(2)(B), in this state, including: (1) planning grants; (2) development grants; (3) capital improvement grants; and (4) grants for transitional operating support. [(b) This section expires September 1, 2009.] SECTION 2. This Act takes effect August 31, 2009.