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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to county expenditures for certain health care services. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 61.036, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: |
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(d) 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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intergovernmental transfer to the state toward eligibility for |
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state assistance if the transfer was made to provide health care |
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services as part of a waiver program under 42 U.S.C. Section 1315 or |
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42 U.S.C. Section 1396n. |
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SECTION 2. (a) The change in law made by this Act applies |
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only to state assistance for health care services under Chapter 61, |
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Health and Safety Code, as amended by this Act, that are delivered |
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on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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(b) State assistance for health care services under Chapter |
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61, Health and Safety Code, that are delivered before the effective |
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date of this Act is governed by the law as it existed immediately |
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before the effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in |
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effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |