By Hawley H.B. No. 2423 77R6549 MCK-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the designation of a hospital as a rural hospital. 1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-4 SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 531, Government Code, is 1-5 amended by adding Section 531.055 to read as follows: 1-6 Sec. 531.055. DESIGNATING RURAL HOSPITALS. (a) The 1-7 commission shall adopt rules that establish a procedure for 1-8 designating a hospital as a rural hospital in order for the 1-9 hospital to qualify for federal funds under 42 C.F.R. Part 412. 1-10 (b) At the hospital's request, the commission shall 1-11 designate the hospital as a rural hospital if the hospital meets 1-12 the requirements for a rural hospital under the commission's rules. 1-13 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.