79R9395 UM-D

By:  Eiland                                                       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 61.037, Health and Safety Code, is 
amended by adding Subsection (j) to read as follows:
	(j)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a 
county expenditure that is made in accordance with Section 61.0285 
and department rules adopted under Section 61.006 and that is made 
for services provided by a federally qualified health center is 
included for purposes of determining whether the county meets the 
minimum expenditure level imposed by Subsection (b), (d), or (e), 
without regard to whether  the individuals served by the federally 
qualified health center are eligible residents for purposes of this 
chapter.
	SECTION 2.  (a)  The change in law made by this Act applies 
only to state assistance for health care services under Chapter 61, 
Health and Safety Code, as amended by this Act, that are delivered 
on or after January 1, 2006.
	(b)  State assistance for health care services under Chapter 
61, Health and Safety Code, that are delivered before January 1, 
2006, is governed by the law as it existed immediately before the 
effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for 
that purpose.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.