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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to use of district funds by the Nueces County Hospital |
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District. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 281.094, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (c) to |
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read as follows: |
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(b) The board of the Nueces County Hospital District may use |
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funds made available to the district from any source to fund: |
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(1) indigent health care; and |
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(2) intergovernmental transfers from the district to |
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the state for use as the nonfederal share of Medicaid supplemental |
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payment program or waiver program payments for eligible health care |
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providers located inside or outside the district's boundaries, |
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including, but not limited to, any payments available through a |
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waiver granted under Section 1115, Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. |
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Section 1315), or other similar payment programs, subject to the |
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limitation prescribed by Subsection (c). |
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(c) Neither the funds comprising an intergovernmental |
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transfer described by Subsection (b)(2) nor any federal funds |
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obtained from any such transfer may be used by the board of the |
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Nueces County Hospital District or any entity to expand eligibility |
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for medical assistance (Medicaid) under the Patient Protection and |
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Affordable Care Act (Pub. L. No. 111-148), as amended by the Health |
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Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (Pub. L. No. |
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111-152). |
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SECTION 2. 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. |