1-1 By: Luna (Senate Sponsor - Truan) H.B. No. 3043 1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House May 7, 2001; 1-3 May 7, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on Health 1-4 and Human Services; May 11, 2001, reported favorably by the 1-5 following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 11, 2001, sent to printer.) 1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-7 AN ACT 1-8 relating to prevention and detection of fraud in hospital district 1-9 funded indigent health care programs. 1-10 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-11 SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 61, Health and Safety Code, 1-12 is amended by adding Section 61.066 to read as follows: 1-13 Sec. 61.066. PREVENTION AND DETECTION OF FRAUD. (a) A 1-14 hospital district may adopt reasonable procedures for minimizing 1-15 the opportunity for fraud, for establishing and maintaining methods 1-16 for detecting and identifying situations in which a question of 1-17 fraud may exist, and for administrative hearings to be conducted on 1-18 disqualifying persons in cases where fraud appears to exist. 1-19 (b) Procedures established by a hospital district for 1-20 administrative hearings conducted under this section shall provide 1-21 for appropriate due process, including procedures for appeals. 1-22 * * * * *