By Eiland                                             H.B. No. 2082
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to county expenditures for certain health care services.
 1-3           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-4           SECTION 1. Section 61.037, Health and Safety Code, is amended
 1-5     by adding Subsection (j) to read as follows:
 1-6           (j)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a
 1-7     county expenditure that is made in accordance with Section 61.0285
 1-8     and department rules adopted under Section 61.006 and that is made
 1-9     for services provided by a federally qualified health center is
1-10     included for purposes of determining whether the county meets the
1-11     minimum expenditure level imposed by Subsection (b), (d), or (e),
1-12     without regard to whether  the individuals served by the federally
1-13     qualified health center are eligible residents for purposes of this
1-14     chapter.
1-15           SECTION 2. (a)  The change in law made by this Act applies
1-16     only to state assistance for health care services under Chapter 61,
1-17     Health and Safety Code, as amended by this Act, that are delivered
1-18     on or after January 1, 2002.
1-19           (b)  State assistance for health care services under Chapter
1-20     61, Health and Safety Code, that are delivered before January 1,
1-21     2002, is governed by the law as it existed immediately before the
1-22     effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for
1-23     that purpose.
1-24           SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.