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AN ACT
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relating to county expenditures for certain health care services. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 61.036, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended by adding Subsections (d) and (e) to read as follows: |
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(d) Regardless of the application, documentation, and |
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verification procedures or eligibility standards established by |
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the department under Subchapter A, a county may credit an |
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intergovernmental transfer to the state toward eligibility for |
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state assistance if the transfer was made to provide health care |
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services as part of the Texas Healthcare Transformation and Quality |
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Improvement Program waiver issued under 42 U.S.C. Section 1315. |
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(e) A county may credit toward eligibility for state |
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assistance intergovernmental transfers made under Subsection (d) |
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that in the aggregate do not exceed four percent of the county's |
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general revenue levy in any state fiscal year, provided: |
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(1) the commissioners court determines that the |
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expenditure fulfills the county's obligations to provide indigent |
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health care under this chapter; |
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(2) the commissioners court determines that the amount |
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of care available through participation in the waiver is sufficient |
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in type and amount to meet the requirements of this chapter; and |
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(3) the county receives periodic reports from health |
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care providers that receive supplemental or incentive payments |
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under the Texas Healthcare Transformation and Quality Improvement |
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Program waiver that document the number and types of services |
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provided to persons who are eligible to receive services under this |
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chapter. |
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SECTION 2. Not later than December 1, 2014, the Department |
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of State Health Services shall submit a report to the governor, the |
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lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of |
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representatives on the effects of the provisions of this Act on |
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services rendered to eligible residents under Chapter 61, Health |
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and Safety Code. |
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SECTION 3. (a) The change in law made by this Act to |
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Section 61.036, Health and Safety Code, applies only to state |
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assistance for health care services under Chapter 61, Health and |
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Safety Code, as amended by this Act, that are delivered on or after |
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the effective date of this Act. |
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(b) State assistance for health care services under Chapter |
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61, Health and Safety Code, that are delivered before the effective |
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date of this Act is governed by the law as it existed immediately |
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before the effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in |
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effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 872 passed the Senate on |
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April 25, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0; and that |
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the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 25, 2013, by the |
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following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 872 passed the House, with |
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amendment, on May 22, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 148, |
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Nays 0, two present not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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Approved: |
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Governor |