Enrolled Bill Summary

House Bill 2419 amends the Health and Safety Code to allow a nonprofit hospital or hospital system to credit unreimbursed costs from direct care provided to eligible county residents toward meeting the nonprofit hospital's or system's charity care and government-sponsored indigent health care requirements. The bill requires the hospitals to provide notice of charity care and eligibility policies to each person seeking service at the hospital and to annually publish the notice in certain newspapers.

The bill also requires the Texas Department of Health to annually publish a manual listing each nonprofit hospital in the state and a summary of the charity care policies and community benefits the nonprofit hospital provides.