By Wentworth                                          S.B. No. 1138
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to assistance funds for mandatory health care services
 1-3     provided in certain counties.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1.  Section 61.037(e), Health and Safety Code, is
 1-6     amended to read as follows:
 1-7           (e)  A county that provides mandatory health care services to
 1-8     its eligible residents through a hospital established by a board of
 1-9     managers jointly appointed by a county and a municipality under
1-10     Section 265.011 is eligible for state assistance if:
1-11                 (1)  the county spends in a state fiscal year at least
1-12     10 percent of the county general revenue levy for the year to
1-13     provide mandatory health care services to its eligible county
1-14     residents who qualify for assistance under Section 61.052 [61.006];
1-15     and
1-16                 (2)  the county complies with the requirements of this
1-17     subchapter.
1-18           SECTION 2.  Section 61.038(a), Health and Safety Code, is
1-19     amended to read as follows:
1-20           (a)  If the department determines that a county is eligible
1-21     for assistance, the department shall distribute funds appropriated
1-22     to the department from the indigent health care assistance fund or
1-23     any other available fund to the county to assist the county in
1-24     providing mandatory health care services to its eligible county
 2-1     residents who qualify for assistance as described by Section
 2-2     61.037 [under Section 61.006].
 2-3           SECTION 3.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
 2-4     to state assistance under Chapter 61, Health and Safety Code, as
 2-5     amended by this Act, for mandatory health care services that are
 2-6     delivered on or after January 1, 2000.  State assistance for
 2-7     mandatory health care services that are delivered before January 1,
 2-8     2000, is governed by the law as it existed immediately before that
 2-9     date, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose.