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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to reimbursement of health care services rendered by a |
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health care provider for an inmate of a county jail or another |
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county correctional facility. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 61.036(c), Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(c) Regardless of the application, documentation, and |
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verification procedures or eligibility standards established by |
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the department under Subchapter A, a county may credit an |
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expenditure for an eligible resident toward eligibility for state |
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assistance if the eligible resident received the health care |
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services at: |
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(1) a hospital maintained or operated by a state |
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agency that has a contract with the county to provide health care |
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services; [or] |
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(2) a federally qualified health center delivering |
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federally qualified health center services, as those terms are |
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defined in 42 U.S.C. Sections 1396d(l)(2)(A) and (B), that has a |
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contract with the county to provide health care services; or |
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(3) a hospital or other health care provider if the |
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eligible resident is an inmate of a county jail or another county |
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correctional facility. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |