By: Watson S.B. No. 821
(Naishtat)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the authority of the Travis County Healthcare District
to make capital or financial contributions to certain public
institutions or 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 public institution or 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, provided
that the public institution or charitable organization receiving
the capital or financial contribution does not use any part of the
funding, either directly or indirectly, to provide or refer for
abortion or abortion-related 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.