Amend HB 1398 by adding the following ARTICLE, appropriately numbered, and renumbering ARTICLES and SECTIONS of the bill appropriately: ARTICLE __. DISSOLUTION OF HOSPITAL DISTRICTS SECTION __.01. Chapter 285, Health and Safety Code, is amended by adding Subchapter K to read as follows: SUBCHAPTER K. DISSOLUTION OF HOSPITAL DISTRICT Sec. 285.151. ASSETS TRANSFERRED ON DISSOLUTION. Notwithstanding any general or special law, if a hospital district is dissolved and the money or other assets of the district are transferred to a county or other governmental entity under a process established in accordance with Section 9, Article IX, Texas Constitution, the governmental entity shall use all transferred assets to: (1) pay the outstanding debts and obligations of the district relating to the assets at the time of the transfer, if any; and (2) furnish medical and hospital care for indigent persons who reside in the territory within the jurisdiction of the governmental entity.