By King of Uvalde H.B. No. 2308
77R6298 JRD-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the basic health care services a county is required to
1-3 provide to indigent county residents.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 61.028(a), Health and Safety Code, is
1-6 amended to read as follows:
1-7 (a) A county shall, in accordance with department rules
1-8 adopted under Section 61.006, provide the following basic health
1-9 care services:
1-10 (1) primary and preventative services designed to meet
1-11 the needs of the community, including:
1-12 (A) immunizations;
1-13 (B) medical screening services; and
1-14 (C) annual physical examinations;
1-15 (2) inpatient and outpatient hospital services;
1-16 (3) rural health clinics;
1-17 (4) laboratory and X-ray services;
1-18 (5) family planning services;
1-19 (6) physician services;
1-20 (7) payment for not more than three prescription drugs
1-21 a month; [and]
1-22 (8) skilled nursing facility services, regardless of
1-23 the patient's age; and
1-24 (9) transportation during health care emergencies from
2-1 rural areas to hospital emergency rooms, provided by an emergency
2-2 medical services provider licensed under Chapter 773.
2-3 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.