81R4005 CS-F
By: Nelson S.B. No. 526
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
or maintain existing, 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.