1-1 By: Montford S.B. No. 1472 1-2 (In the Senate - Filed May 3, 1993; May 4, 1993, read first 1-3 time and referred to Committee on Health and Human Services; 1-4 May 11, 1993, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 8, 1-5 Nays 0; May 11, 1993, sent to printer.) 1-6 COMMITTEE VOTE 1-7 Yea Nay PNV Absent 1-8 Zaffirini x 1-9 Ellis x 1-10 Madla x 1-11 Moncrief x 1-12 Nelson x 1-13 Patterson x 1-14 Shelley x 1-15 Truan x 1-16 Wentworth x 1-17 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-18 AN ACT 1-19 relating to the authority of the Lubbock County Hospital District 1-20 to render primary care, emergency services, preventive medicine 1-21 services, and other health-related services. 1-22 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-23 SECTION 1. Section 3, Chapter 484, Acts of the 60th 1-24 Legislature, 1967, is amended to read as follows: 1-25 Sec. 3. PURPOSE OF DISTRICT. The district authorized to be 1-26 created by this Act is charged with the responsibility of 1-27 establishing a hospital or a hospital system, including medical 1-28 facilities or other health facilities, within its boundaries to 1-29 furnish hospital and medical care to the residents of the district. 1-30 After this district is created as provided in Section 4 of this 1-31 Act, no other municipality or political subdivision shall have the 1-32 power to levy taxes or issue bonds or other obligations for 1-33 hospital purposes or for providing medical care within the 1-34 boundaries of the district. This district shall provide all 1-35 necessary medical and hospital care for the needy inhabitants of 1-36 the district. The district may render primary care, emergency 1-37 services, preventive medicine services, and other health-related 1-38 services outside the district. 1-39 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1993. 1-40 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-41 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-42 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-43 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-44 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended. 1-45 * * * * * 1-46 Austin, 1-47 Texas 1-48 May 11, 1993 1-49 Hon. Bob Bullock 1-50 President of the Senate 1-51 Sir: 1-52 We, your Committee on Health and Human Services to which was 1-53 referred S.B. No. 1472, have had the same under consideration, and 1-54 I am instructed to report it back to the Senate with the 1-55 recommendation that it do pass and be printed. 1-56 Zaffirini, 1-57 Chair 1-58 * * * * * 1-59 WITNESSES 1-60 No witnesses appeared on S.B. No. 1472.