1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to prevention and detection of fraud in hospital district
 1-3     funded indigent health care programs.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 61, Health and Safety Code,
 1-6     is amended by adding Section 61.066 to read as follows:
 1-7           Sec. 61.066.  PREVENTION AND DETECTION OF FRAUD. (a)  A
 1-8     hospital district may adopt reasonable procedures for minimizing
 1-9     the opportunity for fraud, for establishing and maintaining methods
1-10     for detecting and identifying situations in which a question of
1-11     fraud may exist, and for administrative hearings to be conducted on
1-12     disqualifying persons in cases where fraud appears to exist.
1-13           (b)  Procedures established by a hospital district for
1-14     administrative hearings conducted under this section shall provide
1-15     for appropriate due process, including procedures for appeals.
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             President of the Senate              Speaker of the House
               I certify that H.B. No. 3043 was passed by the House on May
         5, 2001, by a non-record vote.
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                                                 Chief Clerk of the House
               I certify that H.B. No. 3043 was passed by the Senate on May
         22, 2001, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 0, 1 present, not
         voting.
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                                                 Secretary of the Senate
         APPROVED:  __________________________
                              Date
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                            Governor