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  By: Watson S.B. No. 821
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the authority of the Travis County Healthcare District
  to make capital or financial contributions to certain public
  institutions or charitable organizations.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subsection (d), Section 281.0565, Health and
  Safety Code, is amended to read as follows:
         (d)  A district created in a county with a population of more
  than 800,000 that was not included in the boundaries of a hospital
  district before September 1, 2003, may make a capital or other
  financial contribution to:
               (1)  a charitable organization created by the district
  to provide regional administration and delivery of health care
  services to or for the district; or
               (2)  a public institution or a charitable organization
  for the support of medical, dental, or clinical education,
  training, or research occurring within the district for the purpose
  of delivery of health care services to or for the district, provided
  that the public institution or charitable organization receiving
  the capital or financial contribution does not use any part of the
  funding, either directly or indirectly, to provide or refer for
  abortion or abortion-related services.
         SECTION 2.  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.