By Hilderbran                                          H.B. No. 626
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to funds for capital improvements to certain rural
 1-3     clinics.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1. Section 106.203(a), Health and Safety Code, is
 1-6     amended to read as follows:
 1-7           (a)  The center may use money appropriated to the center
 1-8     under Section 403.1065, Government Code, to make a grant or low
 1-9     interest loan to, or guarantee a loan for:
1-10                 (1)  (,)  a public or nonprofit hospital located in a
1-11     rural county; or
1-12                 (2)  a health clinic that is:
1-13                       (A)  owned or operated by a nonprofit entity; and
1-14                       (B)  located in a rural county.
1-15           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-16     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-17     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-18     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-19     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.