HBA-MPA C.S.H.B. 1666 76(R)BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisC.S.H.B. 1666
By: Green
County Affairs
4/16/1999
Committee Report (Substituted)



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Currently, according to an interpretation made by the attorney general's
office, hospital districts are not allowed to lease, manage, or operate any
health care facility in an adjacent hospital district. C.S.H.B. 1666 allows
the Nixon Hospital District to contract with Gonzales Healthcare Systems
to lease, manage, or operate a health care facility.  This bill also
authorizes the Gonzales County Hospital District to contract with the Nixon
Hospital District. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does
not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, department, agency, or institution. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Section 3, Chapter 644, Acts of the 59th Legislature,
Regular Session, 1965, by adding Subsection (b), to authorize the Nixon
Hospital District (Nixon district) to contract with Gonzales Healthcare
Systems (GHS) for GHS to lease, manage, or operate a health care facility
located in the Nixon district.   

SECTION 2. Amends Section 10(a), Chapter 191, Acts of the 64th Legislature,
Regular Session, 1975, to authorize the Gonzales County Hospital District
(Gonzales district), through its board of directors, to contract with the
Nixon district located in Gonzales and Wilson Counties, Texas, for the
Gonzales district to lease, manage, or operate a health care facility
located in the Nixon district. 

SECTION 3.Emergency clause.
  Effective date: upon passage.

COMPARISON OF ORIGINAL TO SUBSTITUTE

C.S.H.B. 1666 differs from the original bill in SECTION 1 by deleting the
proposed Section 285.092, Health and Safety Code, which defined "political
subdivision," and authorized a hospital district to contract with an
adjacent political subdivision to lease, operate, or manage a health care
facility operated by an adjacent political subdivision.  The substitute
adds a new SECTION 1 amending Section 3, Chapter 644, Acts of the 59th
Legislature, Regular Session, 1965, by adding Subsection (b) to authorize
the Nixon Hospital District (Nixon district) to contract with Gonzales
Healthcare Systems (GHS) for GHS to lease, manage, or operate a health care
facility located in the Nixon district. 

C.S.H.B. 1666 differs from the original bill by adding a new SECTION 2,
amending Section 10(a), Chapter 191, Acts of the 64th Legislature, Regular
Session, 1975, to authorize the Gonzales County Hospital District (Gonzales
district), through its board of directors, to contract with the Nixon
district located in Gonzales and Wilson counties for the Gonzales district
to lease, manage, or operate a health care facility located in the Nixon
district. 

The substitute deletes SECTION 2 (effective date) and SECTION 3 (emergency
clause) in the original bill and adds a new SECTION 3 which is a long
emergency clause