Bill Text: TX SB1966 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to identification and implementation of hospital funding solutions.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-25 - Referred to Health & Human Services [SB1966 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SB1966-Introduced.html
By: Hinojosa | S.B. No. 1966 | |
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relating to identification and implementation of hospital funding | ||
solutions. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 531, Government Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 531.02117 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 531.02117. HOSPITAL FUNDING SOLUTIONS. (a) The | ||
commission, in consultation with the Department of State Health | ||
Services, shall conduct a study to identify solutions for | ||
stabilizing hospital funding in the state that at minimum | ||
considers: | ||
(1) Medicaid reimbursements paid to hospitals in this | ||
state for services provided by the hospitals; and | ||
(2) payments made under the disproportionate share | ||
hospitals supplemental payment program to hospitals in this state. | ||
(b) The commission, in consultation with the Department of | ||
State Health Services and based on the study conducted under this | ||
section, shall develop proposals designed to provide long-term | ||
funding solutions related to the Medicaid program for hospitals in | ||
this state. To the extent authorized by law and with prior written | ||
approval from the Legislative Budget Board and the Governor, the | ||
commission may implement the proposals. | ||
(c) Not later than December 1, 2016, the commission shall | ||
submit a report based on the study conducted and proposals | ||
developed under this section to the governor, the lieutenant | ||
governor, and the legislature. The report must: | ||
(1) describe the proposals developed under Subsection | ||
(b) and: | ||
(A) identify the proposals the commission has | ||
implemented; and | ||
(B) for each proposal the commission has not | ||
implemented, identify any changes in law necessary for | ||
implementation. | ||
(d) The commission may adopt rules as necessary to implement | ||
this section. | ||
(g) This section expires September 1, 2017. | ||
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, 2015. |