By: Brown of Brazos H.B. No. 636
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 636:
By: Allen of Dallas C.S.H.B. No. 636
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to county responsibility for indigent health care
services.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 61.022, Health and Safety Code, is
amended by adding Subsections (c), (d), and (e) to read as follows:
(c) In a state fiscal year, a county shall spend at least six
percent of the county's general revenue levy for that year to
provide health care assistance as prescribed by this subchapter to
eligible county residents.
(d) A county that does not spend the amount required by
Subsection (c) in a state fiscal year shall adopt a less restrictive
standard of eligibility as authorized by Section 61.023 for the
next fiscal year.
(e) The department shall reimburse a county for all
expenditures under this chapter from funds appropriated for
Medicaid services. The department shall submit all reimbursements
for federal matching funds under the Medicaid program. All federal
matching funds received shall be deposited in an account in the
state general fund for Medicaid purposes.
SECTION 2. If before implementing any provision of this Act
a state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a
federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision,
the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or
authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the
waiver or authorization is granted.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.