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H.B. No. 2618
AN ACT
relating to county expenditures for certain health care services.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 61.036(c), Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(c) Regardless of the application, documentation, and
verification procedures or eligibility standards established by
the department under Subchapter A, a county may credit an
expenditure for an eligible resident toward eligibility for state
assistance if the eligible resident received the health care
services at:
(1) a hospital maintained or operated by a state
agency that has a contract with the county to provide health care
services; or
(2) a federally qualified health center delivering
federally qualified health center services, as those terms are
defined in 42 U.S.C. Sections 1396d(l)(2)(A) and (B), that has a
contract with the county to provide health care services.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2618 was passed by the House on May
13, 2005, by a non-record vote.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2618 was passed by the Senate on May
25, 2005, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
______________________________
Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
_____________________
Governor