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1		-	H.B. No. 886
	1	+	By: Springer (Senate Sponsor - Fallon) H.B. No. 886
	2	+	(In the Senate - Received from the House April 15, 2019;
	3	+	April 16, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on
	4	+	Intergovernmental Relations; May 9, 2019, reported favorably by
	5	+	the following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 9, 2019, sent to printer.)
	6	+	Click here to see the committee vote
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	9	+	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
4	10		AN ACT
5	11		relating to the Muenster Hospital District.
6	12		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
7	13		SECTION 1. Section 1067.051(a), Special District Local Laws
8	14		Code, is amended to read as follows:
9	15		(a) The district consists of seven [nine] elected
10	16		directors.
11	17		SECTION 2. Sections 1067.055(a), (b), (d), and (e), Special
12	18		District Local Laws Code, are amended to read as follows:
13	19		(a) The board shall elect one of the directors as [a]
14	20		president and one director as vice president-secretary [a vice
15	21		president from among its members].
16	22		(b) The vice president-secretary [board] shall act as
17	23		[appoint] a secretary of the board [, who need not be a director].
18	24		(d) The president [is the chief executive officer of the
19	25		district and] has the same right to vote as any other director.
20	26		(e) If the president is absent or fails and declines to act,
21	27		the vice president-secretary [vice president] shall perform the
22	28		president's duties and exercise the president's powers under this
23	29		chapter.
24	30		SECTION 3. The heading to Section 1067.057, Special
25	31		District Local Laws Code, is amended to read as follows:
26	32		Sec. 1067.057. CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER [DISTRICT
27	33		ADMINISTRATOR]; ASSISTANT TO CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
28	34		[ADMINISTRATOR].
29	35		SECTION 4. Sections 1067.057(a), (b), (c), and (d), Special
30	36		District Local Laws Code, are amended to read as follows:
31	37		(a) The board shall appoint a qualified person to be known
32	38		as the chief executive officer of the district [administrator].
33	39		(b) The board may appoint an assistant to the chief
34	40		executive officer [administrator].
35	41		(c) The chief executive officer [district administrator]
36	42		and any assistant to the chief executive officer [administrator]
37	43		serve at the will of the board and are entitled to the compensation
38	44		determined by the board.
39	45		(d) The board may require the chief executive officer
40	46		[district administrator], before assuming the chief executive
41	47		officer's [administrator's] duties, to execute a bond payable to
42	48		the district in an amount set by the board of not less than $5,000
43	49		that:
44	50		(1) is conditioned on the faithful performance of the
45	51		chief executive officer's [administrator's] duties; and
46	52		(2) contains other conditions the board may require.
47	53		SECTION 5. Section 1067.058, Special District Local Laws
48	54		Code, is amended to read as follows:
49	55		Sec. 1067.058. GENERAL DUTIES OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
50	56		[DISTRICT ADMINISTRATOR]. Subject to the limitations prescribed by
51	57		the board, the chief executive officer [district administrator]
52	58		shall:
53	59		(1) supervise the work and activities of the hospital;
54	60		and
55	61		(2) direct the affairs of the district.
56	62		SECTION 6. Sections 1067.059(a) and (b), Special District
57	63		Local Laws Code, are amended to read as follows:
58	64		(a) The board, with the chief executive officer [district
59	65		administrator], may appoint to the staff any doctors the board
60	66		considers necessary for the efficient operation of the district.
61	67		(b) The board may employ technicians, nurses, and other
62	68		employees as considered necessary for the efficient operation of
63	69		the hospital or may provide that the chief executive officer
64	70		[district administrator] has the authority to admit or employ those
65	71		persons.
66	72		SECTION 7. Sections 1067.111(a), (b), (c), (d), and (e),
67	73		Special District Local Laws Code, are amended to read as follows:
68	74		(a) When an indigent patient who resides in the district is
69	75		admitted to a district facility or a person who does not reside in
70	76		the district is admitted as an emergency patient to a district
71	77		facility, the chief executive officer [district administrator]
72	78		shall have an inquiry made into the circumstances of:
73	79		(1) the patient; and
74	80		(2) the patient's relatives who are legally liable for
75	81		the patient's support.
76	82		(b) If the chief executive officer [district administrator]
77	83		determines that the patient or those relatives cannot pay all or
78	84		part of the costs of the care and treatment in the hospital, the
79	85		amount of the costs that cannot be paid becomes a charge against the
80	86		district as care for indigents.
81	87		(c) If the chief executive officer [district administrator]
82	88		determines that the patient or those relatives can pay for all or
83	89		part of the costs of the patient's care and treatment, the patient
84	90		or those relatives shall be ordered to pay the district a specified
85	91		amount each week for the patient's support. The amount ordered must
86	92		be proportionate to the person's financial ability and may not
87	93		exceed the actual per capita cost of maintenance.
88	94		(d) The chief executive officer [district administrator]
89	95		may collect the amount from the patient's estate, or from any
90	96		relative who is legally liable for the patient's support, in the
91	97		manner provided by law for the collection of expenses of the last
92	98		illness of a deceased person.
93	99		(e) If there is a dispute as to the ability to pay, or doubt
94	100		in the mind of the chief executive officer [district
95	101		administrator], the board shall hold a hearing and, after calling
96	102		witnesses, shall:
97	103		(1) resolve the dispute or doubt; and
98	104		(2) issue any appropriate orders.
99	105		SECTION 8. Section 1067.152(b), Special District Local Laws
100	106		Code, is amended to read as follows:
101	107		(b) The board shall adopt a budget by acting on the budget
102	108		proposed by the chief executive officer [district administrator].
103	109		SECTION 9. Section 1067.205(b), Special District Local Laws
104	110		Code, is amended to read as follows:
105	111		(b) The vice president-secretary [board secretary] shall
106	112		attest the bonds as provided by Chapter 618, Government Code.
107	113		SECTION 10. Sections 1067.307(b) and (c), Special District
108	114		Local Laws Code, are amended to read as follows:
109	115		(b) On the payment of all outstanding debts and obligations
110	116		of the district, the board shall order the vice president-secretary
111	117		[secretary] to return to each district taxpayer the taxpayer's pro
112	118		rata share of all unused tax money.
113	119		(c) A taxpayer may request that the taxpayer's share of
114	120		surplus tax money be credited to the taxpayer's county taxes. If a
115	121		taxpayer requests the credit, the board shall direct the vice
116	122		president-secretary [secretary] to transmit the money to the county
117	123		tax assessor-collector.
118	124		SECTION 11. (a) The election of the board of directors of
119	125		the Muenster Hospital District scheduled to be held in May 2020 must
120	126		be held. One director shall be elected at that election and shall
121	127		serve a three-year term.
122	128		(b) The election of the board of directors of the Muenster
123	129		Hospital District scheduled to be held in May 2021 must be held, and
124	130		three directors shall be elected at that election. The directors
125	131		elected at that election shall draw lots to determine which two
126	132		directors serve three-year terms and which director serves a
127	133		two-year term.
128	134		(c) The election of the board of directors of the Muenster
129	135		Hospital District scheduled to be held in May 2022 must be held, and
130	136		the three directors elected at that election shall serve three-year
131	137		terms.
132	138		(d) The directors of the Muenster Hospital District elected
133	139		at the elections scheduled to be held in May 2023, May 2024, and May
134	140		2025 shall serve three-year terms.
135	141		SECTION 12. This Act takes effect immediately if it
136	142		receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each
137	143		house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.
138	144		If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate
139	145		effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
140		-	______________________________ ______________________________
141		-	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
142		-	I certify that H.B. No. 886 was passed by the House on April
143		-	12, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 0, 2 present, not
144		-	voting.
145		-	______________________________
146		-	Chief Clerk of the House
147		-	I certify that H.B. No. 886 was passed by the Senate on
148		-	May 15, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
149		-	______________________________
150		-	Secretary of the Senate
151		-	APPROVED: _____________________
152		-	Date
153		-	_____________________
154		-	Governor
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