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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to indigent health care services that may be provided by a |
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county. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 61.0285(a), Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) In addition to basic health care services provided under |
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Section 61.028, a county may, in accordance with department rules |
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adopted under Section 61.006, provide other medically necessary |
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services or supplies that the county determines to be |
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cost-effective, including: |
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(1) ambulatory surgical center services; |
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(2) diabetic and colostomy medical supplies and |
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equipment; |
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(3) durable medical equipment; |
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(4) home and community health care services; |
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(5) social work services; |
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(6) psychological counseling services; |
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(7) services provided by physician assistants, nurse |
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practitioners, certified nurse midwives, clinical nurse |
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specialists, and certified registered nurse anesthetists; |
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(8) dental care; |
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(9) vision care, including eyeglasses; |
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(10) services provided by federally qualified health |
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centers, as defined by 42 U.S.C. Section 1396d(l)(2)(B); |
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(11) emergency medical services; [and] |
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(12) physical and occupational therapy services; and |
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(13) any other appropriate health care service |
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identified by department [board] rule that may be determined to be |
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cost-effective. |
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SECTION 2. The executive commissioner of the Health and |
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Human Services Commission shall adopt rules necessary to implement |
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Section 61.0285, Health and Safety Code, as amended by this Act, as |
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soon as practicable after the effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 3. 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. |