By Delisi H.B. No. 2384 75R11996 CLG-F A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the provision of charity care, indigent health care, 1-3 and other community benefits by certain nonprofit hospitals. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Section 311.044, Health and Safety Code, is 1-6 amended by adding Subsections (d) and (e) to read as follows: 1-7 (d) In determining the community-wide needs assessment 1-8 required by Subsection (b), a nonprofit hospital shall consider 1-9 consulting with and seeking input from representatives of the 1-10 following entities or organizations located in the community as 1-11 defined by Subsection (b): 1-12 (1) the local health department; 1-13 (2) the public health region under Chapter 121; 1-14 (3) the public health district; 1-15 (4) health-related organizations, including a health 1-16 professional association or hospital association; 1-17 (5) health science centers; 1-18 (6) private business; 1-19 (7) local governments; and 1-20 (8) insurance companies and managed care organizations 1-21 with an active market presence in the community. 1-22 (e) Representatives of a nonprofit hospital shall consider 1-23 meeting with representatives of the entities and organizations 1-24 listed in Subsection (d) to assess the health care needs of the 2-1 community and population served by the nonprofit hospital. 2-2 SECTION 2. The importance of this legislation and the 2-3 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-4 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-5 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-6 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, 2-7 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its 2-8 passage, and it is so enacted.