By Delisi H.B. No. 3612 Line and page numbers may not match official copy. Bill not drafted by TLC or Senate E&E. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to hospitals. 1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-4 SECTION 1. Section 241.1015(g), Health and Safety Code, is 1-5 amended to read as follows: 1-6 (g) In this section, "health care plan" has the meaning 1-7 assigned by Section 2, Texas Health Maintenance Organization Act 1-8 (Article 20A.02, Vernon's Texas Insurance Code) and includes a 1-9 preferred provider benefit plan under Art. 3.70-3C, Vernon's Texas 1-10 Insurance Code, and "hospital medical directors" means physicians 1-11 who have been employed by or are under contract with a hospital to 1-12 manage a clinical department or departments of the hospital. 1-13 SECTION 2. Section 241.151(1), Health and Safety Code, is 1-14 amended to read as follows: 1-15 (1) "Directory information" means information 1-16 disclosing the presence of a person who is receiving inpatient, 1-17 outpatient, or emergency services from a licensed hospital, the 1-18 nature of the person's injury, the person's municipality of 1-19 residence, sex, and age, and the general health status of the 1-20 person as described in terms of "critical," "poor," "fair," "good," 1-21 "excellent," or similar terms or information relating to the 1-22 discharge or transfer of a person from that licensed hospital. 1-23 SECTION 3. Section 311.044(d), Health and Safety Code, is 2-1 amended to read as follows: 2-2 (d) In determining the community-wide needs assessment 2-3 required by Subsection (b), a nonprofit hospital shall consider 2-4 consulting with and seeking input from representatives of the 2-5 following entities or organizations located in the community as 2-6 defined by Subsection (b): 2-7 (1) the local health department; 2-8 (2) the public health region under Chapter 121; 2-9 (3) the public health district; 2-10 (4) health-related organizations, including a health 2-11 professional association, physician professional association or 2-12 hospital association; 2-13 (5) health science centers; 2-14 (6) private business; 2-15 (7) consumers; 2-16 (8) local governments; and 2-17 (9) insurance companies and managed care organizations 2-18 with an active market presence in the community. 2-19 SECTION 4. Section 311.045, Health and Safety Code, is 2-20 amended by adding subsection (f) to read as follows: 2-21 (f) A nonprofit hospital or hospital system under contract 2-22 with a local county to provide indigent health care services under 2-23 Chapter 61 may credit direct care provided to an eligible county 2-24 resident toward meeting the nonprofit hospital's or system's 2-25 charity care and government-sponsored indigent health care 2-26 requirement. 3-1 SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 3-2 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 3-3 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this 3-4 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 3-5 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.