Bill Text: TX HB1338 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the continuation and operations of a health care provider participation program by the Harris County Hospital District.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-07 - Effective immediately [HB1338 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB1338-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 1338 |
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relating to the continuation and operations of a health care | ||
provider participation program by the Harris County Hospital | ||
District. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 299.004, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 299.004. EXPIRATION. (a) Subject to Section | ||
299.153(d), the authority of the district to administer and operate | ||
a program under this chapter expires December 31, 2023 [ |
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(b) This chapter expires December 31, 2023 [ |
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SECTION 2. Section 299.151(c), Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(c) If the board requires a mandatory payment authorized | ||
under this chapter, the board shall set the amount of the mandatory | ||
payment, subject to the limitations of this chapter. The aggregate | ||
amount of the mandatory payments required of all paying providers | ||
in the district may not exceed six [ |
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net patient revenue from hospital services provided by all paying | ||
providers in the district. | ||
SECTION 3. 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, 2021. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 1338 was passed by the House on April | ||
23, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 99, Nays 47, 2 present, not | ||
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. | ||
No. 1338 on May 24, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 100, Nays 43, | ||
2 present, not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 1338 was passed by the Senate, with | ||
amendments, on May 19, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays | ||
0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: __________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |