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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to payment for indigent health care. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 61.0045(b), Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b) A county, hospital district, or public hospital that |
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receives information obtained under Subsection (a) shall use the |
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information to determine whether the patient to whom services were |
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provided is an eligible resident of the service area of the county, |
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hospital district, or public hospital and, if so, shall pay the |
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claim made by the provider in accordance with its liability for |
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payment for the services as described by Section 61.033 or 61.060 |
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[this chapter]. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |