SRC-JBJ S.B. 1413 77(R)   BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research Center   S.B. 1413
77R9267 TBy: Lindsay
Criminal Justice
4/11/2001
As Filed


DIGEST AND PURPOSE 

Under current Texas law, a hospital that has treated a crime victim is
allowed to submit an invoice to the Crime Victims Compensation Fund in an
amount up to $50,000 for compensation for those services.  As proposed,
S.B. 1413 provides that the amount of compensation a non-profit or county
hospital is authorized to receive for health care services the hospital
provides to a crime victim is $100,000. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a
state officer, institution, or agency. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Article 56.42, Code of Criminal Procedure, by adding
Subsection (e), to authorize a non-profit or county hospital,
notwithstanding the limits on compensation set forth in Subsections (a) and
(b), to receive up to $100,000 for health care services it provides to a
victim. 

SECTION 2.  Effective date: September 1, 2001.