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.