H.B. No. 871
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to indigent health care services that may be provided by a
  county.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 61.0285(a), Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  In addition to basic health care services provided under
  Section 61.028, a county may, in accordance with department rules
  adopted under Section 61.006, provide other medically necessary
  services or supplies that the county determines to be
  cost-effective, including:
               (1)  ambulatory surgical center services;
               (2)  diabetic and colostomy medical supplies and
  equipment;
               (3)  durable medical equipment;
               (4)  home and community health care services;
               (5)  social work services;
               (6)  psychological counseling services;
               (7)  services provided by physician assistants, nurse
  practitioners, certified nurse midwives, clinical nurse
  specialists, and certified registered nurse anesthetists;
               (8)  dental care;
               (9)  vision care, including eyeglasses;
               (10)  services provided by federally qualified health
  centers, as defined by 42 U.S.C. Section 1396d(l)(2)(B);
               (11)  emergency medical services; [and]
               (12)  physical and occupational therapy services; and
               (13)  any other appropriate health care service
  identified by department [board] rule that may be determined to be
  cost-effective.
         SECTION 2.  The executive commissioner of the Health and
  Human Services Commission shall adopt rules necessary to implement
  Section 61.0285, Health and Safety Code, as amended by this Act, as
  soon as practicable after the effective date of this Act.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 871 was passed by the House on April
  7, 2011, by the following vote:  Yeas 141, Nays 3, 1 present, not
  voting; that the House refused to concur in Senate amendments to
  H.B. No. 871 on May 24, 2011, and requested the appointment of a
  conference committee to consider the differences between the two
  houses; and that the House adopted the conference committee report
  on H.B. No. 871 on May 28, 2011, by the following vote:  Yeas 79,
  Nays 68, 1 present, not voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 871 was passed by the Senate, with
  amendments, on May 18, 2011, by the following vote:  Yeas 29,
  Nays 2; at the request of the House, the Senate appointed a
  conference committee to consider the differences between the two
  houses; and that the Senate adopted the conference committee report
  on H.B. No. 871 on May 28, 2011, by the following vote:  Yeas 29,
  Nays 
  2.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate   
  APPROVED: __________________
                  Date       
   
           __________________
                Governor