By:  Chavez                                                       H.B. No. 1924



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to public entity qualified health centers located along 
the Texas-Mexico border.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Chapter 162, Occupations Code is amended by 
amending Section 162.001(c) to read as follows:
	(c)  The board shall certify a health organization to 
contract with or employ physicians licensed by the board if the 
organization:
		(1)  is a non profit corporation under the Texas 
Non-Profit Corporation Act (Article 1396-1.01 et seq., Vernon's 
Texas Civil Statutes) and Section 501 (c)(3), Internal Revenue Code 
of 1986 (26 U.S.C. § 501(c)(3)); and or,
		(2)  is a hospital district that is located in a county 
that borders the United Mexican States and is otherwise recognized 
by an agency of the federal government as a public entity for 
purposes of administering a community health center or a federally 
qualified health center; and
		(3) [(2)]  is organized and operated as:              
			(A)  a migrant, community, or homeless health 
center under the authority of and in compliance with 42 U.S.C. 
Section 254b or 254c; or
			(B)  a federally qualified health center under 42 
U.S.C. Section 1396(1)(2)(B).
	SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.