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House Bill 2168 |
House Author: Hill et al. |
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Effective: 6-16-07 |
Senate Sponsor: Carona |
House Bill 2168 amends the Health and Safety Code to authorize a municipal hospital authority or county hospital authority to form and sponsor a nonprofit corporation under the Texas Nonprofit Corporation Law to own and operate all or part of one or more ancillary health care facilities consistent with the hospital authority's purposes. The bill requires the hospital authority's board of directors to appoint a board of directors of the nonprofit corporation, authorizes the hospital authority to contribute or solicit money for the corporation, and provides for the corporation's general powers and duties and its compliance with prevailing wage rate provisions. The bill further authorizes a municipal or county hospital authority, directly or through any nonprofit corporation formed by the authority, to contract, collaborate, or enter into a joint venture with a public or private entity as necessary to carry out the functions of or provide services to the authority. House Bill 2168 also confers on a hospital district created under general or special law similar authority to form and sponsor a nonprofit corporation to own and operate all or part of ancillary health care facilities consistent with the district's purposes, with a nonprofit corporation created by a hospital district having the same powers and duties and subject to the same statutory provisions as a nonprofit corporation created or formed by a municipal or county hospital authority.