By:  Eiland (Senate Sponsor - Nelson)                             H.B. No. 2618
	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 16, 2005; 
May 17, 2005, read first time and referred to Committee on 
Intergovernmental Relations; May 20, 2005, reported favorably by 
the following vote:  Yeas 4, Nays 0; May 20, 2005, sent to 
printer.)


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.                           



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