82R6037 SJM-D
By: Kolkhorst H.B. No. 1258
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the eligibility of federally qualified health centers
for certain grants.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 31.017, Health and Safety Code, as
amended by Chapter 127 (S.B. 526), Acts of the 81st Legislature,
Regular Session, 2009, is reenacted and amended to read as follows:
Sec. 31.017. FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTERS. (a)
Subject to Subsection (b), the [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) The department may only make a grant to establish or
expand a facility under Subsection (a) to a facility that provides
or will provide mental health services.
SECTION 2. 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, 2011.