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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to expenditures for indigent health care. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 61.035, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 61.035. LIMITATION OF COUNTY LIABILITY. (a) The |
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maximum county liability for each state fiscal year for health care |
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services provided by all assistance providers, including a hospital |
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and a skilled nursing facility, to each eligible county resident |
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is: |
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(1) $30,000; or |
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(2) the payment of 30 days of hospitalization or |
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treatment in a skilled nursing facility, or both, or $30,000, |
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whichever occurs first, if the county provides hospital or skilled |
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nursing facility services to the resident. |
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(b) The maximum county liability for each state fiscal year |
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is eight percent of the county general revenue levy for that year |
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on: |
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(1) services provided to an eligible resident as |
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described in Sections 61.028 and 61.0285; or |
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(2) up to four percent of a county's general revenue |
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levy may be credited as described in Section 61.036(d) or (e). |
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SECTION 2. Section 61.036, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended by adding Subsections (d) and (e) to read as follows: |
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(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, |
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and regardless of the application, documentation, and verification |
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procedures or eligibility standards established by the department |
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under Subchapter A, a county may credit up to four percent of the |
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county's general revenue levy as an expenditure toward the |
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limitation of a county's liability per state fiscal year any |
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intergovernmental transfer to the state made as part of a |
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demonstration waiver program or other waiver program under 42 |
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U.S.C. Section 1315 or 42 U.S.C. Section 1396n to provide health |
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care under the terms of the waiver program. |
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(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, |
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and regardless of the application, documentation, and verification |
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procedures or eligibility standards established by the department |
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under Subchapter A, a county may credit up to four percent of the |
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county's general revenue levy as an expenditure toward the |
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limitation of a county's liability per state fiscal year any |
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intergovernmental transfer by a county to the state as part of the |
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state plan for disproportionate share hospitals under 42 U.S.C. |
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Section 1396r-4 or 1 T.A.C. Section 355.8065 et seq. |
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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. |
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