By: Coleman (Senate Sponsor - Patrick) H.B. No. 2963
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 23, 2009;
May 1, 2009, read first time and referred to Committee on Health
and Human Services; May 14, 2009, reported favorably by the
following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 14, 2009, sent to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the liability of a county, hospital district, or public
hospital for the costs of health care services provided to an
indigent patient.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 61.0045(b), Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) A county, hospital district, or public hospital that
receives information obtained under Subsection (a) shall use the
information to determine whether the patient to whom services were
provided is an eligible resident of the service area of the county,
hospital district, or public hospital and, if so, shall pay the
claim made by the provider to the extent that the county, hospital
district, or public hospital is liable under Section 61.033 or
61.060 [in accordance with this chapter].
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
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