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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to health services districts. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subsection (a), Section 287.024, Health and |
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Safety Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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(a) Each county or hospital district that contracts with the |
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district shall contribute to the district for its operation: |
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(1) a specified dollar amount from or a percentage of |
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the contracting entity's operating budget and reserves if the |
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contracting entity is a hospital district; |
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(2) a specified dollar amount [percentage, not less
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than the percentage required under Section 61.037 for state
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assistance, of the contracting entity's general revenue levy] for |
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each state fiscal year for the term of the contract, if the |
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contracting entity is a county, that is equal to or greater than the |
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amount the county would have to spend during that state fiscal year |
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to be eligible under Section 61.037 for state assistance; |
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(3) state assistance received under Chapter 61; |
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(4) federal matching funds received by a hospital |
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district under the Medicaid disproportionate share program; and |
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(5) any funds that are: |
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(A) received under the Agreement Regarding |
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Disposition of Settlement Proceeds dated July 18, 1998, or July 24, |
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1998, and filed in the United States District Court, Eastern |
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District of Texas, in the case styled The State of Texas v. The |
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American Tobacco Company, et al., No. 5-96CV-91; and |
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(B) received on or after the date on which the |
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district is created and before the district is dissolved. |
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SECTION 2. Subsection (c), Section 287.041, Health and |
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Safety Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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(c) The commissioners court [county judges] of a county that |
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creates the district shall appoint the directors to the board on |
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behalf of the county. The board of directors of a hospital district |
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that creates the district shall appoint the directors to the board |
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on behalf of the hospital district. |
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SECTION 3. Subchapter C, Chapter 287, Health and Safety |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 287.054 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 287.054. REMOVAL OF DIRECTORS. It is a ground for |
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removal of a director from the board if the director is absent from |
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four regularly scheduled board meetings during a calendar year |
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without an excuse approved by a majority of the board. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |