By: Watson S.B. No. 2112
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the classification of certain hospitals.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 32, Human Resources Code, is amended by
adding Section 32.0285 as follows:
SECTION 32.0285. CLASSIFICATION OF CERTAIN HOSPITALS FOR
SUPPLEMENTAL REIMBURSEMENT PURPOSES. (a) The executive
commissioner in the adoption of reasonable rules and standards
governing the determination and payment of supplemental
reimbursement to hospitals shall ensure that a hospital which
contracts with a hospital district is classified as a public
hospital for supplemental reimbursement program reporting and
reimbursement purposes if:
(1) the hospital district does not own or operate a
public hospital; and
(2) the contract requires the hospital to discharge
all or part of the district's indigent care or hospital care duties.
(b) For purposes of this section, "supplemental
reimbursement program" includes, but is not limited to, the
following programs:
(1) the disproportionate share hospital payment
program;
(2) the uncompensated care, delivery system reform
incentive payment, and other programs operated under the programs
under Texas Health Care Transformation and Quality Improvement
Program waiver issued under Section 1115 of the federal Social
Security Act (42 U.S.C. Section 1315);
(4) the network access improvement program;
(5) any successor to a program identified in this
subsection; and
(6) any supplemental hospital reimbursement programs
that may be created or authorized in the future.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.