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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a county's eligibility to receive state assistance for |
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health care expenditures that exceed eight percent of the county's |
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general revenue levy for the year. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 61.037, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows: |
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(b-1) A county may include as part of the county's eight |
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percent expenditure level calculated under Subsection (b)(1) any |
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payment made by the county for health care services provided |
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through Medicaid, including the county's direct reimbursement to |
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health care providers and indirect reimbursement through transfers |
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of funds to the state for health care services provided through |
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Medicaid. |
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SECTION 2. Section 61.038, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 61.038. DISTRIBUTION OF ASSISTANCE FUNDS. (a) If the |
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department determines that a county is eligible for assistance, the |
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department shall distribute funds appropriated to the department |
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from the indigent health care assistance fund or any other |
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available fund to the county to assist the county in providing: |
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(1) health care services under Sections 61.028 and |
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61.0285 to its eligible county residents who qualify for assistance |
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as described by Section 61.037; or |
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(2) health care services provided through Medicaid as |
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described by Section 61.037(b-1). |
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(b) State funds provided under this section to a county must |
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be equal to at least 90 percent of the actual payment for the health |
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care services for the county's eligible residents, including any |
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payments made by the county for health care services provided |
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through Medicaid as described by Section 61.037(b-1), during the |
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remainder of the state fiscal year after the eight percent |
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expenditure level is reached. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |