S.B. No. 1863
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to use of district funds by the Nueces County Hospital
  District.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 281.094, Health and Safety Code, is
  amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (c) to
  read as follows:
         (b)  The board of the Nueces County Hospital District may use
  funds made available to the district from any source to fund:
               (1)  indigent health care; and
               (2)  intergovernmental transfers from the district to
  the state for use as the nonfederal share of Medicaid supplemental
  payment program or waiver program payments for eligible health care
  providers located inside or outside the district's boundaries,
  including, but not limited to, any payments available through a
  waiver granted under Section 1115, Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
  Section 1315), or other similar payment programs, subject to the
  limitation prescribed by Subsection (c).
         (c)  Neither the funds comprising an intergovernmental
  transfer described by Subsection (b)(2) nor any federal funds
  obtained from any such transfer may be used by the board of the
  Nueces County Hospital District or any entity to expand eligibility
  for medical assistance (Medicaid) under the Patient Protection and
  Affordable Care Act (Pub. L. No. 111-148), as amended by the Health
  Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (Pub. L. No.
  111-152).
         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, 2013.
 
 
 
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1863 passed the Senate on
  May 8, 2013, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 0.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1863 passed the House on
  May 22, 2013, by the following vote:  Yeas 147, Nays 1, two
  present not voting.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
 
  Approved:
 
  ______________________________ 
              Date
 
 
  ______________________________ 
            Governor