By: Watson S.B. No. 821
(In the Senate - Filed February 21, 2011; March 1, 2011,
read first time and referred to Committee on Health and Human
Services; March 28, 2011, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; March 28, 2011, sent to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the authority of the Travis County Healthcare District
to make capital or financial contributions to charitable
organizations.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subsection (d), Section 281.0565, Health and
Safety Code, is amended to read as follows:
(d) A district created in a county with a population of more
than 800,000 that was not included in the boundaries of a hospital
district before September 1, 2003, may make a capital or other
financial contribution to:
(1) a charitable organization created by the district
to provide regional administration and delivery of health care
services to or for the district; or
(2) a charitable organization for the support of
medical, dental, or clinical education, training, or research
occurring within the district for the purpose of delivery of health
care services to or for the district.
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.
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