By: Hinojosa S.B. No. 1863
(Herrero)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to use of district funds by the Nueces County Hospital
District.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 281.094, Health and Safety Code, is
amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (c) to
read as follows:
(b) The board of the Nueces County Hospital District may use
funds made available to the district from any source to fund:
(1) indigent health care; and
(2) intergovernmental transfers from the district to
the state for use as the nonfederal share of Medicaid supplemental
payment program or waiver program payments for eligible health care
providers located inside or outside the district's boundaries,
including, but not limited to, any payments available through a
waiver granted under Section 1115, Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
Section 1315), or other similar payment programs, subject to the
limitation prescribed by Subsection (c).
(c) Neither the funds comprising an intergovernmental
transfer described by Subsection (b)(2) nor any federal funds
obtained from any such transfer may be used by the board of the
Nueces County Hospital District or any entity to expand eligibility
for medical assistance (Medicaid) under the Patient Protection and
Affordable Care Act (Pub. L. No. 111-148), as amended by the Health
Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (Pub. L. No.
111-152).
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, 2013.