By Hawley                                             H.B. No. 2422
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the provision of data by a rural provider to the Texas
 1-3     Health Care Information Council.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1. Section 108.009(c), Health and Safety Code, is
 1-6     amended to read as follows:
 1-7           (c)  A rural provider may, but is not required to, provide
 1-8     [the] data required by or under this chapter.  A hospital may, but
 1-9     is not required to, provide the data required by this chapter if
1-10     the hospital:
1-11                 (1)  is exempt from state franchise, sales, ad valorem,
1-12     or other state or local taxes; and
1-13                 (2)  does not seek or receive reimbursement for
1-14     providing health care services to patients from any source,
1-15     including:
1-16                       (A)  the patient or any person legally obligated
1-17     to support the patient;
1-18                       (B)  a third-party payor; or
1-19                       (C)  Medicaid, Medicare, or any other federal,
1-20     state, or local program for indigent health care.
1-21           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-22     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-23     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-24     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
 2-1     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.