Bill Text: TX HB811 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Engrossed
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Bill Title: Relating to the powers and duties of the Scurry County Hospital District.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective immediately [HB811 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB811-Engrossed.html
Bill Title: Relating to the powers and duties of the Scurry County Hospital District.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective immediately [HB811 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB811-Engrossed.html
82R15415 CJC-F | ||
By: Darby | H.B. No. 811 |
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relating to the powers and duties of the Scurry County Hospital | ||
District. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subtitle A, Title 3, Special District Local Laws | ||
Code, is amended by adding Chapter 1119 to read as follows: | ||
CHAPTER 1119. SCURRY COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT | ||
SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS | ||
Sec. 1119.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: | ||
(1) "Board" means the board of directors of the | ||
district. | ||
(2) "District" means the Scurry County Hospital | ||
District. | ||
[Sections 1119.002-1119.050 reserved for expansion] | ||
SUBCHAPTER B. DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION | ||
Sec. 1119.051. EMPLOYMENT OF HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS. (a) | ||
The board may employ health care providers other than physicians as | ||
the board considers necessary for the efficient operation of the | ||
district. | ||
(b) The board may employ physicians, but only as provided by | ||
Section 1119.052. | ||
(c) The board may delegate to the administrator of the | ||
district the authority to employ health care providers under | ||
Subsection (a). | ||
Sec. 1119.052. EMPLOYMENT OF PHYSICIANS. (a) The board may | ||
employ a physician and retain all or part of the professional income | ||
generated by the physician for medical services provided at a | ||
hospital or other health care facility owned or operated by the | ||
district if the board satisfies the requirements of this section. | ||
(b) The board shall: | ||
(1) appoint a chief medical officer for the district; | ||
and | ||
(2) adopt, maintain, and enforce policies to ensure | ||
that a physician employed by the district exercises the physician's | ||
independent medical judgment in providing care to patients. | ||
(c) The policies adopted under this section must include: | ||
(1) policies relating to: | ||
(A) credentialing; | ||
(B) quality assurance; | ||
(C) utilization review; | ||
(D) peer review; and | ||
(E) medical decision-making; and | ||
(2) the implementation of a complaint mechanism to | ||
process and resolve complaints regarding interference or attempted | ||
interference with a physician's independent medical judgment. | ||
(d) The policies adopted under this section: | ||
(1) must be approved by the chief medical officer of | ||
the district; and | ||
(2) shall prevail over a conflicting policy of the | ||
district. | ||
(e) For all matters relating to the practice of medicine, | ||
each physician employed by the board shall ultimately report to the | ||
chief medical officer of the district. | ||
(f) The chief medical officer will report immediately to the | ||
Texas Medical Board any action or event that the chief medical | ||
officer reasonably and in good faith believes constitutes a | ||
compromise of the independent medical judgment of a physician in | ||
caring for a patient. | ||
(g) The board may not delegate to the administrator of the | ||
district the authority to hire a physician. | ||
(h) This section may not be construed as authorizing the | ||
board to supervise or control the practice of medicine as | ||
prohibited under Subtitle B, Title 3, Occupations Code. | ||
[Sections 1119.053-1119.100 reserved for expansion] | ||
SUBCHAPTER C. GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS | ||
Sec. 1119.101. GENERAL AUTHORITY TO BORROW MONEY; SECURITY. | ||
(a) The board may borrow money at a rate not to exceed the maximum | ||
annual percentage rate allowed by law for district obligations at | ||
the time the loan is made. | ||
(b) To secure a loan, the board may pledge: | ||
(1) district revenue that is not pledged to pay the | ||
district's bonded indebtedness; | ||
(2) a district tax to be imposed by the district during | ||
the 12-month period following the date of the pledge that is not | ||
pledged to pay the principal of or interest on district bonds; or | ||
(3) district bonds that have been authorized but not | ||
sold. | ||
(c) A loan for which taxes or bonds are pledged must mature | ||
not later than the first anniversary of the date the loan is made. A | ||
loan for which district revenue is pledged must mature not later | ||
than the fifth anniversary of the date the loan is made. | ||
[Sections 1119.102-1119.150 reserved for expansion] | ||
SUBCHAPTER D. BONDS | ||
Sec. 1119.151. ADDITIONAL MEANS OF SECURING REPAYMENT OF | ||
BONDS. In addition to the authority to issue general obligation | ||
bonds and revenue bonds under Subchapter G, Chapter 286, Health and | ||
Safety Code, the board may provide for the security and repayment of | ||
district bonds from a pledge of a combination of taxes as authorized | ||
by Section 286.142, Health and Safety Code, and revenue and other | ||
sources as authorized by Section 286.144, Health and Safety Code. | ||
Sec. 1119.152. USE OF BOND PROCEEDS. The district may use | ||
the proceeds of bonds issued under Chapter 286, Health and Safety | ||
Code, to pay: | ||
(1) any expense the board determines is reasonable and | ||
necessary to issue, sell, and deliver the bonds; | ||
(2) interest payments on the bonds during a period of | ||
acquisition or construction of a project or facility to be provided | ||
through the bonds, not to exceed five years; | ||
(3) costs related to the operation and maintenance of | ||
a project or facility to be provided through the bonds: | ||
(A) during an estimated period of acquisition or | ||
construction, not to exceed five years; and | ||
(B) for one year after the project or facility is | ||
acquired or constructed; | ||
(4) costs related to the financing of the bond funds, | ||
including debt service reserve and contingency funds; | ||
(5) costs related to the bond issuance; | ||
(6) costs related to the acquisition of land or | ||
interests in land for a project or facility to be provided through | ||
the bonds; and | ||
(7) costs of construction of a project or facility to | ||
be provided through the bonds, including the payment of related | ||
professional services and expenses. | ||
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, 2011. |