S.B. No. 847

	AN ACT
	relating to the authority of certain hospital districts to contract
	for the performance of administrative functions and services.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 281, Health and Safety
	Code, is amended by adding Section 281.0512 to read as follows:
	Sec. 281.0512.  CONTRACT TO PROVIDE ADMINISTRATIVE
	FUNCTIONS AND SERVICES. (a)  This section applies only to a
	federally qualified health center as defined by 42 U.S.C. Section
	1396d(l)(2)(B) or a federally qualified health center look-alike
	organized and operated under the authority of and in compliance
	with 42 U.S.C. Section 254b that is substantially devoted to
	providing services to socially and economically disadvantaged
	individuals in the geographical area of the district.
	(b)  The board may contract with a federally qualified health
	center or a federally qualified health center look-alike to perform
	for the center administrative functions and services that the
	district and the center may perform independently.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
	Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 847 passed the Senate on
	April 14, 2011, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 847 passed the House on
	May 25, 2011, by the following vote:  Yeas 147, Nays 0, one
	present not voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House
	Approved:
	______________________________
	Date
	______________________________
	Governor