1-1     By:  Zaffirini                                         S.B. No. 802

 1-2           (In the Senate - Filed February 26, 1997; March 4, 1997, read

 1-3     first time and referred to Committee on Health and Human Services;

 1-4     March 24, 1997, reported favorably, as amended, by the following

 1-5     vote:  Yeas 11, Nays 0; March 24, 1997, sent to printer.)

 1-6     COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 1                            By:  Zaffirini

 1-7     Amend S.B. No. 802 as follows:

 1-8           (1)  On page 1, line 49, strike SECTION 3 and renumber

 1-9     following sections accordingly.

1-10           (2)  On page 1, line 54, strike "." and insert ", and that

1-11     this Act take effect and be in force from and after its passage,

1-12     and it is so enacted."

1-13                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

1-14                                   AN ACT

1-15     relating to collection of certain information from certain

1-16     hospitals.

1-17           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

1-18           SECTION 1.  Subsection (c), Section 108.009, Health and

1-19     Safety Code, is amended to read as follows:

1-20           (c)  A rural provider may, but is not required to, provide

1-21     the data required by this chapter [section].  A hospital may, but

1-22     is not required to, provide the data required by this chapter if

1-23     the hospital:

1-24                 (1)  is exempt from state franchise, sales, ad valorem,

1-25     or other state or local taxes; and

1-26                 (2)  does not seek or receive reimbursement for

1-27     providing health care services to patients from any source,

1-28     including:

1-29                       (A)  the patient or any person legally obligated

1-30     to support the patient;

1-31                       (B)  a third party payor; or

1-32                       (C)  Medicaid, Medicare, or any other federal,

1-33     state, or local program for indigent health care.

1-34           SECTION 2.  Subchapter C, Chapter 311, Health and Safety

1-35     Code, is amended by adding Section 311.039 to read as follows:

1-36           Sec. 311.039.  EXEMPTION.  A hospital may, but is not

1-37     required to, provide the data required by Section 311.033 if the

1-38     hospital:

1-39                 (1)  is exempt from state franchise, sales, ad valorem,

1-40     or other state or local taxes; and

1-41                 (2)  does not seek or receive reimbursement for

1-42     providing health care services to patients from any source,

1-43     including:

1-44                       (A)  the patient or any person legally obligated

1-45     to support the patient;

1-46                       (B)  a third party payor; or

1-47                       (C)  Medicaid, Medicare, or any other federal,

1-48     state, or local program for indigent health care.

1-49           SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1997.

1-50           SECTION 4.  The importance of this legislation and the

1-51     crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an

1-52     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the

1-53     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several

1-54     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.

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