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AN ACT
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relating to the authority of a county, hospital district, or public |
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hospital to provide health care services to an indigent patient. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 61.0045(b), Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b) A county, hospital district, or public hospital that |
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receives information obtained under Subsection (a) shall use the |
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information to determine whether the patient to whom services were |
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provided is an eligible resident of the service area of the county, |
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hospital district, or public hospital and, if so, shall pay the |
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claim made by the provider to the extent that the county, hospital |
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district, or public hospital is liable under Section 61.033 or |
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61.060 [in accordance with this chapter]. |
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SECTION 2. Section 61.029, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: |
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(c) A county may provide or arrange to provide health care |
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services for eligible county residents through the purchase of |
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health coverage or other health benefits, including benefits |
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described by Chapter 75. |
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SECTION 3. Section 61.056, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: |
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(d) A public hospital or hospital district may provide or |
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arrange to provide health care services for eligible residents |
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through the purchase of health coverage or other health benefits, |
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including benefits described by Chapter 75. For purposes of this |
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subsection, the board of directors or managers of the hospital or |
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district have the powers and duties provided to the commissioners |
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court of a county under Chapter 75. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2963 was passed by the House on April |
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22, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 149, Nays 0, 1 present, not |
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voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. |
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No. 2963 on May 23, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 0, |
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1 present, not voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2963 was passed by the Senate, with |
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amendments, on May 20, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays |
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0. |
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______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: __________________ |
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Governor |