By Luna                                               H.B. No. 3043
         77R8806 T                           
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 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.