79R13050 UM-F


By:  Eiland                                                       H.B. No. 2618

Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2618:                                   

By:  Allen of Dallas                                          C.S.H.B. No. 2618



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to county expenditures for certain health care services.             
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 61.036(c), Health and Safety Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	(c)  Regardless of the application, documentation, and 
verification procedures or eligibility standards established by 
the department under Subchapter A, a county may credit an 
expenditure for an eligible resident toward eligibility for state 
assistance if the eligible resident received the health care 
services at:
		(1)  a hospital maintained or operated by a state 
agency that has a contract with the county to provide health care 
services; or
		(2)  a federally qualified health center delivering 
federally qualified health center services, as those terms are 
defined in 42 U.S.C. Sections 1396d(l)(2)(A) and (B), that has a 
contract with the county to provide health care services.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.