By Eiland H.B. No. 2082 77R7338 DLF-D 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.