Enrolled Bill Summary

Senate Bill 115 amends the Health and Safety Code to establish the Rural Foundation as a nonprofit corporation under the Center for Rural Health Initiatives, in order to raise money to finance health programs in the rural areas of the state. The bill provides guidelines for the structure of the foundation and requires it to provide the center with an itemized report on the foundation's income, expenditures, and activities after each fiscal year. The bill also requires the center to obtain information from each county about indigent health care provided in the county and information from each university, medical school, rural community, or rural health care provider that has performed a study relating to rural health care during the biennium, and to include the information in the center's report to the legislature.