| 1 | 1 | | 87R16429 JCG-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Herrero H.B. No. 4603 |
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| 4 | 4 | | |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the operations of the Nueces County Hospital District, |
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| 8 | 8 | | including the operations of a health care provider participation |
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| 9 | 9 | | program administered by the district. |
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| 10 | 10 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 11 | | SECTION 1. The heading to Section 281.094, Health and |
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| 12 | 12 | | Safety Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | Sec. 281.094. USE OF [CERTAIN] FUNDS BY THE NUECES COUNTY |
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| 14 | 14 | | HOSPITAL DISTRICT. |
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| 15 | 15 | | SECTION 2. Section 281.094(a), Health and Safety Code, is |
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| 16 | 16 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 17 | 17 | | (a) The [With the approval of the Nueces County |
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| 18 | 18 | | Commissioners Court, the] board of the Nueces County Hospital |
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| 19 | 19 | | District may use funds made available to the district from any |
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| 20 | 20 | | source [sources other than a tax levy] to fund health care services |
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| 21 | 21 | | for residents of the district, including public health services, |
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| 22 | 22 | | mental health and intellectual disability [mental retardation] |
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| 23 | 23 | | services, emergency medical services, health services provided to |
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| 24 | 24 | | persons confined in jail facilities, and for other health related |
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| 25 | 25 | | purposes if: |
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| 26 | 26 | | (1) the board determines the district has funds |
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| 27 | 27 | | available that are in addition to the funds necessary to satisfy the |
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| 28 | 28 | | district's obligation to fund indigent health care for residents of |
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| 29 | 29 | | the district; and |
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| 30 | 30 | | (2) the Nueces County Commissioners Court approves of |
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| 31 | 31 | | the board's use of the funds. |
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| 32 | 32 | | SECTION 3. Section 298C.004, Health and Safety Code, as |
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| 33 | 33 | | added by Chapter 694 (S.B. 2315), Acts of the 86th Legislature, |
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| 34 | 34 | | Regular Session, 2019, is amended to read as follows: |
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| 35 | 35 | | Sec. 298C.004. EXPIRATION. (a) Subject to Section |
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| 36 | 36 | | 298C.153(d), the authority of the district to administer and |
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| 37 | 37 | | operate a program under this chapter expires December 31, 2023 |
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| 38 | 38 | | [2021]. |
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| 39 | 39 | | (b) This chapter expires December 31, 2023 [2021]. |
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| 40 | 40 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 41 | 41 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 42 | 42 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 43 | 43 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 44 | 44 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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