H.B. No. 871
AN ACT
relating to indigent health care services that may be provided by a
county.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 61.0285(a), Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) In addition to basic health care services provided under
Section 61.028, a county may, in accordance with department rules
adopted under Section 61.006, provide other medically necessary
services or supplies that the county determines to be
cost-effective, including:
(1) ambulatory surgical center services;
(2) diabetic and colostomy medical supplies and
equipment;
(3) durable medical equipment;
(4) home and community health care services;
(5) social work services;
(6) psychological counseling services;
(7) services provided by physician assistants, nurse
practitioners, certified nurse midwives, clinical nurse
specialists, and certified registered nurse anesthetists;
(8) dental care;
(9) vision care, including eyeglasses;
(10) services provided by federally qualified health
centers, as defined by 42 U.S.C. Section 1396d(l)(2)(B);
(11) emergency medical services; [and]
(12) physical and occupational therapy services; and
(13) any other appropriate health care service
identified by department [board] rule that may be determined to be
cost-effective.
SECTION 2. The executive commissioner of the Health and
Human Services Commission shall adopt rules necessary to implement
Section 61.0285, Health and Safety Code, as amended by this Act, as
soon as practicable after the effective date of this Act.
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, 2011.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 871 was passed by the House on April
7, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 141, Nays 3, 1 present, not
voting; that the House refused to concur in Senate amendments to
H.B. No. 871 on May 24, 2011, and requested the appointment of a
conference committee to consider the differences between the two
houses; and that the House adopted the conference committee report
on H.B. No. 871 on May 28, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 79,
Nays 68, 1 present, not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 871 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 18, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 29,
Nays 2; at the request of the House, the Senate appointed a
conference committee to consider the differences between the two
houses; and that the Senate adopted the conference committee report
on H.B. No. 871 on May 28, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 29,
Nays
2.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________
Date
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Governor