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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to indigent health care costs related to a |
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declared disaster. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 716.101, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 26.0442. TAX RATE ADJUSTMENT FOR EXPENDITURES TO A |
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STATE AGENCY FOR INDIGENT HEALTH CARE. (a) In the first tax year in |
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which a taxing unit adopts a tax rate after January 1, 2009, and in |
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which the taxing unit has provided an unusual increase in indigent |
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health care expenditures in support of a public hospital due to a |
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natural or manmade disaster that has impacted the delivery of |
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indigent health care services, the effective maintenance and |
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operations rate for the taxing unit is increased by the rate |
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computed according to the following formula: |
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Enhanced Indigent Health Care Expenditures |
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Amount of Increase |
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= ________________________________________ |
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(Current Total Value - New Property Value) |
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(b) In each subsequent tax year, if the taxing unit's |
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enhanced indigent health care expenses exceed the amount of those |
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expenses for the preceding year, the effective maintenance and |
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operations rate for the taxing unit is increased by the rate |
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computed according to the following formula: |
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(Current Tax Year's increased Indigent |
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Health Care Expenditures - Preceding Tax Year's |
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Indigent Health Care Expenditures) |
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Amount of Increase |
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= ________________________________________ |
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(Current Total Value - New Property Value) |
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(c) The taxing unit shall include a notice of the increase |
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in its effective maintenance and operations rate provided by this |
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section, including a brief description and the amount of the |
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enhanced indigent health care expenditures, in the information |
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published under Section 26.04(e) and, if applicable, Section |
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26.06(b). |
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(d) In this section, "increased indigent health care |
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expenditures" for a tax year means the amount spent by the taxing |
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unit for the maintenance and operation costs of providing indigent |
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health care at an increased level due to a natural or manmade |
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disaster that has disrupted the normal delivery of indigent health |
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care services. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |