BILL ANALYSIS

Senate Research Center	H.B. 3934
86R7123 SCL-D	By: Frank (Perry)
	Business & Commerce
	5/13/2019
	Engrossed

AUTHOR'S / SPONSOR'S STATEMENT OF INTENT

H.B. 3934 amends current law relating to the authority of rural hospitals to establish a health care collaborative.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, institution, or agency.

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1. Amends Section 848.001, Insurance Code, by amending Subdivision (2) to redefine "health care collaborative" to include rural hospitals and by adding Subdivision (10) to define "rural hospital."

SECTION 2. Amends Section 848.052, Insurance Code, by adding Subsection (c-1) to require each member of the board of directors of a health care collaborative, if the participants in the health care collaborative are all rural hospitals, to be a representative of a participant.

SECTION 3. Effective date: upon passage or September 1, 2019.