TITLE: Relating to the authority of the Childress County Hospital District to provide facilities and services for persons who are elderly or disabled; providing authority to issue bonds and notes.

SUMMARY: Relating to the authority of the Childress County Hospital District to provide facilities and services for persons who are elderly or disabled; providing authority to issue bonds and notes.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the authority of the Childress County Hospital District to provide facilities and services for persons who are elderly or disabled; providing authority to issue bonds and notes. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 1012, Special District Local Laws Code, is amended by adding Section 1012.114 to read as follows: Sec. 1012.114. FACILITIES OR SERVICES FOR PERSONS WHO ARE ELDERLY OR DISABLED. (a) The district may: (1) purchase, construct, acquire, repair, renovate, equip, or administer the following types of facilities or services for the care of persons who are elderly or disabled: (A) a nursing home or similar long-term care facility; (B) elderly housing; (C) assisted living; (D) home health; (E) personal care; (F) special care; or (G) continuing care; and (2) purchase, acquire, repair, or equip durable medical equipment to provide services to persons who are elderly or disabled. (b) For a facility or service described by Subsection (a), the board may: (1) lease or enter into an operating or management agreement relating to all or part of a facility or service that is owned by the district; (2) close, transfer, sell, or otherwise convey all or part of a facility; and (3) discontinue all or part of a service. (c) The board may issue general obligation bonds, revenue bonds, and other notes to acquire, construct, or improve a facility for the care of persons who are elderly or disabled or to implement the delivery of a service for the care of persons who are elderly or disabled. (d) For the purposes of this section, a facility or service described by Subsection (a) is a hospital project under Chapter 223, Health and Safety Code, notwithstanding Section 223.002 of that chapter. 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.