Bill Text: TX HB886 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the Muenster Hospital District.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-25 - Effective immediately [HB886 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB886-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 886 |
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relating to the Muenster Hospital District. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 1067.051(a), Special District Local Laws | ||
Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) The district consists of seven [ |
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directors. | ||
SECTION 2. Sections 1067.055(a), (b), (d), and (e), Special | ||
District Local Laws Code, are amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) The board shall elect one of the directors as [ |
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president and one director as vice president-secretary [ |
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(b) The vice president-secretary [ |
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(d) The president [ |
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(e) If the president is absent or fails and declines to act, | ||
the vice president-secretary [ |
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president's duties and exercise the president's powers under this | ||
chapter. | ||
SECTION 3. The heading to Section 1067.057, Special | ||
District Local Laws Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 1067.057. CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER [ |
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SECTION 4. Sections 1067.057(a), (b), (c), and (d), Special | ||
District Local Laws Code, are amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) The board shall appoint a qualified person to be known | ||
as the chief executive officer of the district [ |
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(b) The board may appoint an assistant to the chief | ||
executive officer [ |
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(c) The chief executive officer [ |
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and any assistant to the chief executive officer [ |
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serve at the will of the board and are entitled to the compensation | ||
determined by the board. | ||
(d) The board may require the chief executive officer | ||
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officer's [ |
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the district in an amount set by the board of not less than $5,000 | ||
that: | ||
(1) is conditioned on the faithful performance of the | ||
chief executive officer's [ |
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(2) contains other conditions the board may require. | ||
SECTION 5. Section 1067.058, Special District Local Laws | ||
Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 1067.058. GENERAL DUTIES OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER | ||
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the board, the chief executive officer [ |
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shall: | ||
(1) supervise the work and activities of the hospital; | ||
and | ||
(2) direct the affairs of the district. | ||
SECTION 6. Sections 1067.059(a) and (b), Special District | ||
Local Laws Code, are amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) The board, with the chief executive officer [ |
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considers necessary for the efficient operation of the district. | ||
(b) The board may employ technicians, nurses, and other | ||
employees as considered necessary for the efficient operation of | ||
the hospital or may provide that the chief executive officer | ||
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persons. | ||
SECTION 7. Sections 1067.111(a), (b), (c), (d), and (e), | ||
Special District Local Laws Code, are amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) When an indigent patient who resides in the district is | ||
admitted to a district facility or a person who does not reside in | ||
the district is admitted as an emergency patient to a district | ||
facility, the chief executive officer [ |
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shall have an inquiry made into the circumstances of: | ||
(1) the patient; and | ||
(2) the patient's relatives who are legally liable for | ||
the patient's support. | ||
(b) If the chief executive officer [ |
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determines that the patient or those relatives cannot pay all or | ||
part of the costs of the care and treatment in the hospital, the | ||
amount of the costs that cannot be paid becomes a charge against the | ||
district as care for indigents. | ||
(c) If the chief executive officer [ |
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determines that the patient or those relatives can pay for all or | ||
part of the costs of the patient's care and treatment, the patient | ||
or those relatives shall be ordered to pay the district a specified | ||
amount each week for the patient's support. The amount ordered must | ||
be proportionate to the person's financial ability and may not | ||
exceed the actual per capita cost of maintenance. | ||
(d) The chief executive officer [ |
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may collect the amount from the patient's estate, or from any | ||
relative who is legally liable for the patient's support, in the | ||
manner provided by law for the collection of expenses of the last | ||
illness of a deceased person. | ||
(e) If there is a dispute as to the ability to pay, or doubt | ||
in the mind of the chief executive officer [ |
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witnesses, shall: | ||
(1) resolve the dispute or doubt; and | ||
(2) issue any appropriate orders. | ||
SECTION 8. Section 1067.152(b), Special District Local Laws | ||
Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) The board shall adopt a budget by acting on the budget | ||
proposed by the chief executive officer [ |
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SECTION 9. Section 1067.205(b), Special District Local Laws | ||
Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) The vice president-secretary [ |
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attest the bonds as provided by Chapter 618, Government Code. | ||
SECTION 10. Sections 1067.307(b) and (c), Special District | ||
Local Laws Code, are amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) On the payment of all outstanding debts and obligations | ||
of the district, the board shall order the vice president-secretary | ||
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rata share of all unused tax money. | ||
(c) A taxpayer may request that the taxpayer's share of | ||
surplus tax money be credited to the taxpayer's county taxes. If a | ||
taxpayer requests the credit, the board shall direct the vice | ||
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tax assessor-collector. | ||
SECTION 11. (a) The election of the board of directors of | ||
the Muenster Hospital District scheduled to be held in May 2020 must | ||
be held. One director shall be elected at that election and shall | ||
serve a three-year term. | ||
(b) The election of the board of directors of the Muenster | ||
Hospital District scheduled to be held in May 2021 must be held, and | ||
three directors shall be elected at that election. The directors | ||
elected at that election shall draw lots to determine which two | ||
directors serve three-year terms and which director serves a | ||
two-year term. | ||
(c) The election of the board of directors of the Muenster | ||
Hospital District scheduled to be held in May 2022 must be held, and | ||
the three directors elected at that election shall serve three-year | ||
terms. | ||
(d) The directors of the Muenster Hospital District elected | ||
at the elections scheduled to be held in May 2023, May 2024, and May | ||
2025 shall serve three-year terms. | ||
SECTION 12. 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, 2019. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 886 was passed by the House on April | ||
12, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 886 was passed by the Senate on | ||
May 15, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |