| 2 | | - | (In the Senate - Filed February 22, 2019; March 7, 2019, |
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| 3 | | - | read first time and referred to Committee on Intergovernmental |
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| 4 | | - | Relations; April 1, 2019, reported favorably by the following |
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| 5 | | - | vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; April 1, 2019, sent to printer.) |
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| 6 | | - | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 9 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 10 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 11 | 7 | | relating to facilities of the hospital system of the Reagan |
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| 12 | 8 | | Hospital District of Reagan County, Texas. |
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| 13 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 14 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 1088.104, Special District Local Laws |
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| 15 | 11 | | Code, is amended by amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection |
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| 16 | 12 | | (d) to read as follows: |
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| 17 | 13 | | (c) The hospital system may include: |
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| 18 | 14 | | (1) facilities for domiciliary care of the sick, |
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| 19 | 15 | | injured, or geriatric; |
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| 20 | 16 | | (2) outpatient clinics; |
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| 21 | 17 | | (3) dispensaries; |
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| 22 | 18 | | (4) convalescent home facilities; |
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| 23 | 19 | | (5) necessary nurses; |
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| 24 | 20 | | (6) domiciliaries and training centers; |
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| 25 | 21 | | (7) blood banks; |
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| 26 | 22 | | (8) community mental health centers; |
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| 27 | 23 | | (9) research centers or laboratories; and |
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| 28 | 24 | | (10) any other facilities the board considers |
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| 29 | 25 | | necessary for medical care, [and] hospital care, and public safety |
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| 30 | 26 | | and health. |
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| 31 | 27 | | (d) A facility for public safety and health described by |
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| 32 | 28 | | Subsection (c)(10) may only be: |
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| 33 | 29 | | (1) constructed by the district using private money; |
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| 34 | 30 | | and |
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| 35 | 31 | | (2) used by the district, or any governmental entity |
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| 36 | 32 | | to which the district leases the facility, for public safety and |
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| 37 | 33 | | health purposes. |
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| 38 | 34 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 39 | 35 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 40 | 36 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 41 | 37 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 42 | 38 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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