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TX Health & Safety Code § 290.103 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 4 - Health Facilities|Subtitle D - Hospital Districts|Chapter 290 - County Health Care Funding Districts in Certain Counties With Population of 1.8 Million or Less|Subchapter C. Powers and Duties|Section 290.103. Election Required for Certain Expenditures

Sec. 290.103.  ELECTION REQUIRED FOR CERTAIN EXPENDITURES.  (a)  In addition to the majority vote required under Section 290.102, a district may not spend any money of the district unless the district receives the approval of at least 95 percent of the district taxpayers.(b)  This section does not apply to expenditures related to the administrative matters of the district.|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1367 (H.B. 2463), Sec. 1, eff. June 18, 2005.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 290.104 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 4 - Health Facilities|Subtitle D - Hospital Districts|Chapter 290 - County Health Care Funding Districts in Certain Counties With Population of 1.8 Million or Less|Subchapter C. Powers and Duties|Section 290.104. Rules and Procedures

Sec. 290.104.  RULES AND PROCEDURES.  (a)  The commission may adopt rules governing the operation of the district, including rules relating to the administration of a tax authorized by this chapter.(b)  In order to implement the requirements of Sections 290.102 and 290.103, the commission shall adopt any necessary procedures.|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1367 (H.B. 2463), Sec. 1, eff. June 18, 2005.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 290.105 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 4 - Health Facilities|Subtitle D - Hospital Districts|Chapter 290 - County Health Care Funding Districts in Certain Counties With Population of 1.8 Million or Less|Subchapter C. Powers and Duties|Section 290.105. Purchasing and Accounting Procedures

Sec. 290.105.  PURCHASING AND ACCOUNTING PROCEDURES.  (a)  The commission may prescribe the method and manner for making purchases and expenditures by the district.(b)  The commission shall prescribe:(1)  all accounting and control procedures; and(2)  the method of purchasing necessary supplies, materials, and equipment.|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1367 (H.B. 2463), Sec. 1, eff. June 18, 2005.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 290.106 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 4 - Health Facilities|Subtitle D - Hospital Districts|Chapter 290 - County Health Care Funding Districts in Certain Counties With Population of 1.8 Million or Less|Subchapter C. Powers and Duties|Section 290.106. Institutional Health Care Provider Reporting; Inspection of Records

Sec. 290.106.  INSTITUTIONAL HEALTH CARE PROVIDER REPORTING; INSPECTION OF RECORDS.  (a)  A district shall require an institutional health care provider to submit to the district a copy of any financial and utilization data required by and reported to the Department of State Health Services under Sections 311.032 and 311.033 and any rules adopted by the department to implement those sections.(b)  A district may inspect the records of an institutional health care provider to the extent necessary to ensure that the provider has submitted all required data under this section.|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1367 (H.B. 2463), Sec. 1, eff. June 18, 2005.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 290.107 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 4 - Health Facilities|Subtitle D - Hospital Districts|Chapter 290 - County Health Care Funding Districts in Certain Counties With Population of 1.8 Million or Less|Subchapter C. Powers and Duties|Section 290.107. Authority to Sue and Be Sued

Sec. 290.107.  AUTHORITY TO SUE AND BE SUED.  Each district may sue and be sued in its own name in any court of this state as a governmental agency.|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1367 (H.B. 2463), Sec. 1, eff. June 18, 2005.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 290.151 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 4 - Health Facilities|Subtitle D - Hospital Districts|Chapter 290 - County Health Care Funding Districts in Certain Counties With Population of 1.8 Million or Less|Subchapter D. General Financial Provisions|Section 290.151. Budget

Sec. 290.151.  BUDGET.  (a)  Each year, the commission shall prepare a budget for the following fiscal year that includes:(1)  proposed expenditures and disbursements;(2)  estimated receipts and collections; and(3)  the rates and amounts of any taxes that the commission intends to impose during the year.(b)  The commission shall hold a public hearing on the proposed budget.  Not later than the 10th day before the date of the hearing, the commission shall publish at least once notice of the hearing in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the district is located.(c)  Any district taxpayer is entitled to appear at the time and place designated in the public notice and to be heard regarding any item shown in the proposed budget.|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1367 (H.B. 2463), Sec. 1, eff. June 18, 2005.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 290.152 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 4 - Health Facilities|Subtitle D - Hospital Districts|Chapter 290 - County Health Care Funding Districts in Certain Counties With Population of 1.8 Million or Less|Subchapter D. General Financial Provisions|Section 290.152. Fiscal Year

Sec. 290.152.  FISCAL YEAR.  Each district's fiscal year begins on September 1 and ends on August 31 of each year.|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1367 (H.B. 2463), Sec. 1, eff. June 18, 2005.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 290.153 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 4 - Health Facilities|Subtitle D - Hospital Districts|Chapter 290 - County Health Care Funding Districts in Certain Counties With Population of 1.8 Million or Less|Subchapter D. General Financial Provisions|Section 290.153. Annual Audit

Sec. 290.153.  ANNUAL AUDIT.  (a)  For each fiscal year, each commission shall have an independent audit made of the district's books and records.(b)  Not later than December 31 of each year, the audit made for a district shall be filed with the comptroller and at the office of the district.|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1367 (H.B. 2463), Sec. 1, eff. June 18, 2005.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 290.154 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 4 - Health Facilities|Subtitle D - Hospital Districts|Chapter 290 - County Health Care Funding Districts in Certain Counties With Population of 1.8 Million or Less|Subchapter D. General Financial Provisions|Section 290.154. Depository

Sec. 290.154.  DEPOSITORY.  (a)  Each commission by resolution shall designate one or more banks located in the district as the depository for the district.  A bank designated as depository serves for two years or until a successor is designated.(b)  All income received by a district, including tax revenue after deducting discounts and fees for assessing and collecting the taxes, shall be deposited with the district depository and may be withdrawn only as provided by this chapter.(c)  All district funds shall be secured in the manner provided for securing county funds.|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1367 (H.B. 2463), Sec. 1, eff. June 18, 2005.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 290.201 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 4 - Health Facilities|Subtitle D - Hospital Districts|Chapter 290 - County Health Care Funding Districts in Certain Counties With Population of 1.8 Million or Less|Subchapter E. Taxes|Section 290.201. Tax on Emergency Room Services

Sec. 290.201.  TAX ON EMERGENCY ROOM SERVICES.  (a)  The commission of a district may impose an annual tax to be assessed quarterly on all emergency room visits to an institutional health care provider located in the district.  In the first year in which the tax is imposed, the tax is assessed on the total number of emergency room visits of an institutional health care provider reported to the Department of State Health Services under Sections 311.032 and 311.033 in the fiscal year ending in 2003.  The district shall update this tax basis with the number of emergency room visits reported on a biennial basis.(b)  A tax imposed under this section must be imposed uniformly on each institutional health care provider of emergency room services located in the district.  A tax imposed under this section also may not hold harmless any institutional health care provider of emergency room services, as required under 42 U.S.C. Section 1396b(w).(c)  The commission shall set the rate of the tax imposed under this section.  The rate may not exceed $100 for each emergency room visit.(d)  Subject to the maximum tax rate prescribed by Subsection (c), the commission shall set the rate of the tax at a rate that will generate sufficient revenue to cover the administrative expenses of the district, to fund the nonfederal share of a Medicaid supplemental payment program, and to pay for indigent programs, except that the amount of tax revenue used for administrative expenses of the district in a year may not exceed the lesser of four percent of the total revenue generated from the tax or $20,000.(e)  An institutional health care provider may not add a tax imposed under this section as a surcharge to a patient.|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1367 (H.B. 2463), Sec. 1, eff. June 18, 2005.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 290.202 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 4 - Health Facilities|Subtitle D - Hospital Districts|Chapter 290 - County Health Care Funding Districts in Certain Counties With Population of 1.8 Million or Less|Subchapter E. Taxes|Section 290.202. Assessment and Collection of Taxes

Sec. 290.202.  ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION OF TAXES.  (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (b), the county tax assessor-collector shall collect any tax imposed under this subchapter unless the commission employs a tax assessor and collector for the district.  The county tax assessor-collector shall charge and deduct from taxes collected for the district a fee for collecting the tax in an amount determined by the commission, not to exceed the county tax assessor-collector's usual and customary charges for the collection of similar taxes.(b)  If determined by the commission to be appropriate, the commission may contract for the assessment and collection of taxes in the manner provided by Title 1, Tax Code, for the assessment and collection of ad valorem taxes.(c)  Revenue from a fee charged by a county tax assessor-collector for collecting the tax shall be deposited in the county general fund and, if appropriate, shall be reported as fees of the county tax assessor-collector.|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1367 (H.B. 2463), Sec. 1, eff. June 18, 2005.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 290.203 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 4 - Health Facilities|Subtitle D - Hospital Districts|Chapter 290 - County Health Care Funding Districts in Certain Counties With Population of 1.8 Million or Less|Subchapter E. Taxes|Section 290.203. Use of Tax Revenue

Sec. 290.203.  USE OF TAX REVENUE.  Revenue generated by a district from a tax imposed under this subchapter may be used only to:(1)  provide the nonfederal share of a Medicaid supplemental payment program;(2)  subsidize indigent programs; and(3)  pay administrative expenses of the district.|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1367 (H.B. 2463), Sec. 1, eff. June 18, 2005.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 290.204 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 4 - Health Facilities|Subtitle D - Hospital Districts|Chapter 290 - County Health Care Funding Districts in Certain Counties With Population of 1.8 Million or Less|Subchapter E. Taxes|Section 290.204. Interest, Penalties, and Discounts

Sec. 290.204.  INTEREST, PENALTIES, AND DISCOUNTS.  Interest, penalties, and discounts on taxes imposed under this subchapter are governed by the law applicable to county ad valorem taxes.|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1367 (H.B. 2463), Sec. 1, eff. June 18, 2005.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 290.205 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 4 - Health Facilities|Subtitle D - Hospital Districts|Chapter 290 - County Health Care Funding Districts in Certain Counties With Population of 1.8 Million or Less|Subchapter E. Taxes|Section 290.205. Purpose; Correction of Invalid Provision or Procedure

Sec. 290.205.  PURPOSE; CORRECTION OF INVALID PROVISION OR PROCEDURE.  (a)  The purpose of this chapter is to generate revenue from a tax imposed by the district to provide the nonfederal share of a Medicaid supplemental payment program.(b)  To the extent any provision or procedure under this chapter causes a tax under this chapter to be ineligible for federal matching funds, the district may provide by rule for an alternative provision or procedure that conforms to the requirements of the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1367 (H.B. 2463), Sec. 1, eff. June 18, 2005.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 290.206 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 4 - Health Facilities|Subtitle D - Hospital Districts|Chapter 290 - County Health Care Funding Districts in Certain Counties With Population of 1.8 Million or Less|Subchapter E. Taxes|Section 290.206. Election Required for Certain Provisions or Procedures

Sec. 290.206.  ELECTION REQUIRED FOR CERTAIN PROVISIONS OR PROCEDURES.  (a)  In order to amend any provision or procedure set out in this chapter, the district must obtain the approval of at least 95 percent of the institutional health care providers potentially subject to the tax.(b)  This section does not apply to rules or procedures related to the daily administrative matters of the district.|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1367 (H.B. 2463), Sec. 1, eff. June 18, 2005.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 291.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 4 - Health Facilities|Subtitle D - Hospital Districts|Chapter 291 - County Health Care Provider Participation Program in Certain Counties in the Texas-Louisiana Border Region|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 291.001. Definitions

Sec. 291.001.  DEFINITIONS.  In this chapter:(1)  "Institutional health care provider" means a nonpublic hospital that provides inpatient hospital services.(2)  "Paying hospital" means an institutional health care provider required to make a mandatory payment under this chapter.(3)  "Program" means the county health care provider participation program authorized by this chapter.|Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 867 (H.B. 2280), Sec. 1, eff. June 18, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 291.002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 4 - Health Facilities|Subtitle D - Hospital Districts|Chapter 291 - County Health Care Provider Participation Program in Certain Counties in the Texas-Louisiana Border Region|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 291.002. Applicability

Sec. 291.002.  APPLICABILITY.  This chapter applies only to a county that:(1)  is not served by a hospital district or a public hospital;(2)  is located in the Texas-Louisiana border region, as that region is defined by Section 2056.002, Government Code; and(3)  has a population of more than 50,000 but less than 65,000.|Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 867 (H.B. 2280), Sec. 1, eff. June 18, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 291.003 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 4 - Health Facilities|Subtitle D - Hospital Districts|Chapter 291 - County Health Care Provider Participation Program in Certain Counties in the Texas-Louisiana Border Region|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 291.003. County Health Care Provider Participation Program; Participation in Program

Sec. 291.003.  COUNTY HEALTH CARE PROVIDER PARTICIPATION PROGRAM; PARTICIPATION IN PROGRAM.  (a)  A county health care provider participation program authorizes a county to collect a mandatory payment from each institutional health care provider located in the county to be deposited in a local provider participation fund established by the county.  Money in the fund may be used by the county to fund certain intergovernmental transfers and indigent care programs as provided by this chapter.(b)  The commissioners court may adopt an order authorizing a county to participate in the program, subject to the limitations provided by this chapter.|Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 867 (H.B. 2280), Sec. 1, eff. June 18, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 291.051 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 4 - Health Facilities|Subtitle D - Hospital Districts|Chapter 291 - County Health Care Provider Participation Program in Certain Counties in the Texas-Louisiana Border Region|Subchapter B. Powers and Duties of Commissioners Court|Section 291.051. Limitation on Authority to Require Mandatory Payment

Sec. 291.051.  LIMITATION ON AUTHORITY TO REQUIRE MANDATORY PAYMENT.  The commissioners court of a county may require a mandatory payment authorized under this chapter by an institutional health care provider in the county only in the manner provided by this chapter.|Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 867 (H.B. 2280), Sec. 1, eff. June 18, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 291.052 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 4 - Health Facilities|Subtitle D - Hospital Districts|Chapter 291 - County Health Care Provider Participation Program in Certain Counties in the Texas-Louisiana Border Region|Subchapter B. Powers and Duties of Commissioners Court|Section 291.052. Majority Vote Required

Sec. 291.052.  MAJORITY VOTE REQUIRED.  The commissioners court of a county may not authorize the county to collect a mandatory payment authorized under this chapter without an affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the commissioners court.|Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 867 (H.B. 2280), Sec. 1, eff. June 18, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 291.053 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 4 - Health Facilities|Subtitle D - Hospital Districts|Chapter 291 - County Health Care Provider Participation Program in Certain Counties in the Texas-Louisiana Border Region|Subchapter B. Powers and Duties of Commissioners Court|Section 291.053. Rules and Procedures

Sec. 291.053.  RULES AND PROCEDURES.  After the commissioners court has voted to require a mandatory payment authorized under this chapter, the commissioners court may adopt rules relating to the administration of the mandatory payment.|Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 867 (H.B. 2280), Sec. 1, eff. June 18, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 291.054 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 4 - Health Facilities|Subtitle D - Hospital Districts|Chapter 291 - County Health Care Provider Participation Program in Certain Counties in the Texas-Louisiana Border Region|Subchapter B. Powers and Duties of Commissioners Court|Section 291.054. Institutional Health Care Provider Reporting; Inspection of Records

Sec. 291.054.  INSTITUTIONAL HEALTH CARE PROVIDER REPORTING; INSPECTION OF RECORDS.  (a)  The commissioners court of a county that collects a mandatory payment authorized under this chapter shall require each institutional health care provider to submit to the county a copy of any financial and utilization data required by and reported to the Department of State Health Services under Sections 311.032 and 311.033 and any rules adopted by the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission to implement those sections.(b)  The commissioners court of a county that collects a mandatory payment authorized under this chapter may inspect the records of an institutional health care provider to the extent necessary to ensure compliance with the requirements of Subsection (a).|Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 867 (H.B. 2280), Sec. 1, eff. June 18, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 291.101 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 4 - Health Facilities|Subtitle D - Hospital Districts|Chapter 291 - County Health Care Provider Participation Program in Certain Counties in the Texas-Louisiana Border Region|Subchapter C. General Financial Provisions|Section 291.101. Hearing

Sec. 291.101.  HEARING.  (a)  Each year, the commissioners court of a county that collects a mandatory payment authorized under this chapter shall hold a public hearing on the amounts of any mandatory payments that the commissioners court intends to require during the year and how the revenue derived from those payments is to be spent.(b)  Not later than the fifth day before the date of the hearing required under Subsection (a), the commissioners court of the county shall publish notice of the hearing in a newspaper of general circulation in the county.(c)  A representative of a paying hospital is entitled to appear at the time and place designated in the public notice and to be heard regarding any matter related to the mandatory payments authorized under this chapter.|Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 867 (H.B. 2280), Sec. 1, eff. June 18, 2015.Amended by: Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 457 (S.B. 1462), Sec. 4, eff. June 12, 2017.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 291.102 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 4 - Health Facilities|Subtitle D - Hospital Districts|Chapter 291 - County Health Care Provider Participation Program in Certain Counties in the Texas-Louisiana Border Region|Subchapter C. General Financial Provisions|Section 291.102. Depository

Sec. 291.102.  DEPOSITORY.  (a)  The commissioners court of each county that collects a mandatory payment authorized under this chapter by resolution shall designate one or more banks located in the county as the depository for mandatory payments received by the county.  A bank designated as a depository serves for two years or until a successor is designated.(b)  All income received by a county under this chapter, including the revenue from mandatory payments remaining after discounts and fees for assessing and collecting the payments are deducted, shall be deposited with the county depository in the county's local provider participation fund and may be withdrawn only as provided by this chapter.(c)  All funds under this chapter shall be secured in the manner provided for securing county funds.|Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 867 (H.B. 2280), Sec. 1, eff. June 18, 2015.|