87R9235 SRA-D
By: Dean H.B. No. 3661
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to training for members of the governing body of a rural
hospital.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 241, Health and Safety
Code, is amended by adding Section 241.012 to read as follows:
Sec. 241.012. TRAINING FOR GOVERNING BODY OF RURAL
HOSPITAL. (a) In this section, "rural hospital" means a hospital
licensed under this chapter that is:
(1) located in a county with a population of less than
60,000; or
(2) designated by the Centers for Medicare and
Medicaid Services as a critical access hospital, rural referral
center, or sole community hospital and is not located in an area
defined by the United States Office of Management and Budget as a
metropolitan statistical area.
(b) A rural hospital shall provide to a member of the
hospital's governing body, on the member's request, an education
and training course on the governing body's powers and duties and
other appropriate topics.
(c) The course provided under Subsection (b) must be:
(1) developed using requirements and standards
determined by the Center for Optimizing Rural Health of the Texas
A&M Rural and Community Health Institute or a successor
organization;
(2) provided at no cost to the requesting member; and
(3) available in an electronic format.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.