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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to county responsibility for indigent health care |
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services. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 61.022, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended by adding Subsections (c) and (d) to read as follows: |
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(c) In a state fiscal year, a county shall spend at least six |
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percent of the county's general revenue levy for that year to |
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provide health care assistance as prescribed by this subchapter to |
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eligible county residents. |
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(d) A county that does not spend the amount required by |
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Subsection (c) in a state fiscal year shall adopt a less restrictive |
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standard of eligibility as authorized by Section 61.023 for the |
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next fiscal year. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |