Amend CSHB 1398 by striking page 18, line 18, through page
19, line 2, and substituting the following:
      SECTION 1.17.  Section 61.054, Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
      Sec. 61.054.  BASIC <MANDATORY> HEALTH CARE SERVICES PROVIDED
BY A PUBLIC HOSPITAL.  (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (c), a
<A> public hospital shall endeavor to provide the basic health care
<inpatient and outpatient hospital> services a county is required
to provide under Section 61.028 <61.028(a)(1)>.
      (b)  If a public hospital provided additional health care
services to eligible residents during the operating year that ended
before January 1, 1985, the hospital shall continue to provide
those services.
      (c)  A public hospital shall coordinate the delivery of basic
health care services to eligible residents and may provide any
basic health care services the hospital was not providing on
January 1, 1999, but only to the extent the hospital is financially
able to do so.
      (d)  A public hospital may provide <additional> health care
services in addition to basic health care services.
      SECTION 1.18.  Section 61.055, Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
      Sec. 61.055.  BASIC HEALTH CARE SERVICES PROVIDED BY HOSPITAL
DISTRICTS.  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a <A>
hospital district shall endeavor to provide the basic health care
services a county is required to provide under Section 61.028,
together with any other services required under the Texas
Constitution and the statute creating the district.
      (b)  A hospital district shall coordinate the delivery of
basic health care services to eligible residents and may provide
any basic health care services the district was not providing on
January 1, 1999, but only to the extent the district is financially
able to do so.
      (c)  This section may not be construed to discharge a
hospital district from its obligation to provide the health care
services required under the Texas Constitution and the statute
creating the district.