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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to county liability for services provided under the |
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Indigent Health Care and Treatment Act. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 61.035, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 61.035. LIMITATION OF COUNTY LIABILITY. The maximum |
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county liability for each state fiscal year for health care |
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services provided by all assistance providers, including a hospital |
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and a skilled nursing facility, to each eligible county resident |
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is: |
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(1) $35,000 [$30,000]; or |
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(2) the payment of 30 days of hospitalization or |
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treatment in a skilled nursing facility, or both, or $35,000 |
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[$30,000], whichever occurs first, if the county provides hospital |
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or skilled nursing facility services to the resident. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |