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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to changing the name of the South Texas Health Care System |
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to the Rio Grande State Center. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 11.004(a), Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) The department is composed of the board, the |
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commissioner, an administrative staff, the Texas Center for |
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Infectious Disease, the Rio Grande State Center [South Texas Health
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Care System], and other officers and employees necessary to perform |
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efficiently its powers and duties. |
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SECTION 2. Section 13.003, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 13.003. SERVICES AT RIO GRANDE STATE CENTER [SOUTH
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TEXAS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM]. (a) The primary purpose of the Rio |
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Grande State Center [South Texas Health Care System] is to provide |
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inpatient and outpatient services, either directly or by contract |
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with one or more public or private health care providers or |
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entities, to the residents of the Lower Rio Grande Valley. |
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(b) The board may establish at the Rio Grande State Center |
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[South Texas Health Care System]: |
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(1) cancer screening; |
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(2) diagnostic services; |
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(3) educational services; |
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(4) obstetrical services; |
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(5) gynecological services; |
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(6) other inpatient health care services; and |
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(7) outpatient health care services, including |
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diagnostic, treatment, disease management, and supportive care |
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services. |
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SECTION 3. Section 13.033(5), Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(5) "State chest hospital" means the Texas Center for |
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Infectious Disease and the Rio Grande State Center [South Texas
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Health Care System]. |
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SECTION 4. (a) A reference in law to the South Texas Health |
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Care System means the Rio Grande State Center. |
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(b) An appropriation to the Department of State Health |
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Services for the use and benefit of the South Texas Health Care |
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System is available for the use and benefit of the Rio Grande State |
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Center. |
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SECTION 5. 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, 2009. |
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