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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the liability of a county, hospital district, or public |
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hospital for the costs of health care services provided to an |
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indigent patient. |
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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 to the extent that the county, hospital |
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district, or public hospital is liable under Section 61.033 or |
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61.060 [in accordance with this chapter]. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |