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2023 Texas Statutes › Health and Safety Code › Title 4 - Health Facilities › Subtitle D - Hospital Districts › Chapter 300A - Health Care Provider Participation Program in Districts Composed of Certain Local Governments › Subchapter A. General Provisions › Section 300A.0003. Applicability

Sec. 300A.0003.  APPLICABILITY.  This chapter applies only to:
(1)  a hospital district that:
(A)  is not participating in a health care provider participation program authorized by another chapter of this subtitle; and
(B)  has only one institutional health care provider located in the district; and
(2)  a county or municipality that:
(A)  is not participating in a health care provider participation program authorized by another chapter of this subtitle;
(B)  is not served by a hospital district or a public hospital; and
(C)  has only one institutional health care provider located in the county or municipality.
Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 923 (H.B. 4289), Sec. 2, eff. June 10, 2019.
2023 Texas Statutes › Health and Safety Code › Title 4 - Health Facilities › Subtitle D - Hospital Districts › Chapter 300A - Health Care Provider Participation Program in Districts Composed of Certain Local Governments › Subchapter B. Creation, Operation, and Dissolution of District › Section 300A.0021. Creation by Concurrent Orders

Sec. 300A.0021.  CREATION BY CONCURRENT ORDERS.  (a)  A local government and one or more other local governments may create a district by adopting concurrent orders.
(b)  A concurrent order to create a district must:
(1)  be approved by the governing body of each creating local government;
(2)  contain identical provisions; and
(3)  define the boundaries of the district to be coextensive with the combined boundaries of each creating local government.
Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 923 (H.B. 4289), Sec. 2, eff. June 10, 2019.
2023 Texas Statutes › Health and Safety Code › Title 4 - Health Facilities › Subtitle D - Hospital Districts › Chapter 300A - Health Care Provider Participation Program in Districts Composed of Certain Local Governments › Subchapter B. Creation, Operation, and Dissolution of District › Section 300A.0022. Powers

Sec. 300A.0022.  POWERS.  A district may authorize and administer a health care provider participation program in accordance with this chapter.
Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 923 (H.B. 4289), Sec. 2, eff. June 10, 2019.
2023 Texas Statutes › Health and Safety Code › Title 4 - Health Facilities › Subtitle D - Hospital Districts › Chapter 300A - Health Care Provider Participation Program in Districts Composed of Certain Local Governments › Subchapter B. Creation, Operation, and Dissolution of District › Section 300A.0023. Board of Directors

Sec. 300A.0023.  BOARD OF DIRECTORS.  (a)  If three or more local governments create a district, the presiding officer of the governing body of each local government that creates the district shall appoint one director.
(b)  If two local governments create a district:
(1)  the presiding officer of the governing body of the most populous local government shall appoint two directors; and
(2)  the  presiding officer of the governing body of the other local government shall appoint one director.
(c)  Directors serve staggered two-year terms, with as near as possible to one-half of the directors' terms expiring each year.
(d)  A vacancy in the office of director shall be filled for the unexpired term in the same manner as the original appointment.
(e)  The board shall elect from among its members a president.  The president may vote and may cast an additional vote to break a tie.
(f)  The board shall also elect from among its members a vice president.
(g)  The board shall appoint a secretary, who need not be a director.
(h)  Each officer of the board serves for a term of one year.
(i)  The board shall fill a vacancy in a board office for the unexpired term.
(j)  A majority of the members of the board voting must concur in a matter relating to the business of the district.
Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 923 (H.B. 4289), Sec. 2, eff. June 10, 2019.
2023 Texas Statutes › Health and Safety Code › Title 4 - Health Facilities › Subtitle D - Hospital Districts › Chapter 300A - Health Care Provider Participation Program in Districts Composed of Certain Local Governments › Subchapter B. Creation, Operation, and Dissolution of District › Section 300A.0024. Qualifications for Office

Sec. 300A.0024.  QUALIFICATIONS FOR OFFICE.  (a)  To be eligible to serve as a director, a person must be a resident of the local government that appoints the person under Section 300A.0023.
(b)  An employee of the district may not serve as a director.
Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 923 (H.B. 4289), Sec. 2, eff. June 10, 2019.
2023 Texas Statutes › Health and Safety Code › Title 4 - Health Facilities › Subtitle D - Hospital Districts › Chapter 300A - Health Care Provider Participation Program in Districts Composed of Certain Local Governments › Subchapter B. Creation, Operation, and Dissolution of District › Section 300A.0025. Compensation

Sec. 300A.0025.  COMPENSATION.  (a)  Directors and officers serve without compensation but may be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred in the performance of official duties.
(b)  Expenses reimbursed under this section must be:
(1)  reported in the district's minute book or other district records; and
(2)  approved by the board.
Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 923 (H.B. 4289), Sec. 2, eff. June 10, 2019.
2023 Texas Statutes › Health and Safety Code › Title 4 - Health Facilities › Subtitle D - Hospital Districts › Chapter 300A - Health Care Provider Participation Program in Districts Composed of Certain Local Governments › Subchapter B. Creation, Operation, and Dissolution of District › Section 300A.0026. Authority to Sue and Be Sued

Sec. 300A.0026.  AUTHORITY TO SUE AND BE SUED.  The board may sue and be sued on behalf of the district.
Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 923 (H.B. 4289), Sec. 2, eff. June 10, 2019.
2023 Texas Statutes › Health and Safety Code › Title 4 - Health Facilities › Subtitle D - Hospital Districts › Chapter 300A - Health Care Provider Participation Program in Districts Composed of Certain Local Governments › Subchapter B. Creation, Operation, and Dissolution of District › Section 300A.0027. District Finances

Sec. 300A.0027.  DISTRICT FINANCES.  Subchapter F, Chapter 287, other than Sections 287.129 and 287.130, applies to the district in the same manner that those provisions apply to a health services district created under Chapter 287. This section does not authorize the district to issue bonds.
Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 923 (H.B. 4289), Sec. 2, eff. June 10, 2019.
2023 Texas Statutes › Health and Safety Code › Title 4 - Health Facilities › Subtitle D - Hospital Districts › Chapter 300A - Health Care Provider Participation Program in Districts Composed of Certain Local Governments › Subchapter B. Creation, Operation, and Dissolution of District › Section 300A.0028. Dissolution

Sec. 300A.0028.  DISSOLUTION.  A district shall be dissolved if the local governments that created the district adopt concurrent orders to dissolve the district and the concurrent orders contain identical provisions.
Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 923 (H.B. 4289), Sec. 2, eff. June 10, 2019.
2023 Texas Statutes › Health and Safety Code › Title 4 - Health Facilities › Subtitle D - Hospital Districts › Chapter 300A - Health Care Provider Participation Program in Districts Composed of Certain Local Governments › Subchapter B. Creation, Operation, and Dissolution of District › Section 300A.0029. Administration of Property, Debts, and Assets After Dissolution

Sec. 300A.0029.  ADMINISTRATION OF PROPERTY, DEBTS, AND ASSETS AFTER DISSOLUTION.  (a)  After dissolution of a district under Section 300A.0028, the board shall continue to control and administer any property, debts, and assets of the district until all funds have been disposed of and all district debts have been paid or settled.
(b)  As soon as practicable after the dissolution of the district, the board shall transfer to each institutional health care provider in the district the provider's proportionate share of any remaining funds in any local provider participation fund created by the district under Section 300A.0102.
(c)  If, after administering any property and assets, the board determines that the district's property and assets are insufficient to pay the debts of the district, the district shall transfer the remaining debts to the local governments that created the district in proportion to the funds contributed to the district by each local government, including a paying hospital in the local government.
(d)  If, after complying with Subsections (b) and (c) and administering the property and assets, the board determines that unused funds remain, the board shall transfer the unused funds to the local governments that created the district in proportion to the funds contributed to the district by each local government, including a paying hospital in the local government.
Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 923 (H.B. 4289), Sec. 2, eff. June 10, 2019.
2023 Texas Statutes › Health and Safety Code › Title 4 - Health Facilities › Subtitle D - Hospital Districts › Chapter 300A - Health Care Provider Participation Program in Districts Composed of Certain Local Governments › Subchapter B. Creation, Operation, and Dissolution of District › Section 300A.0030. Accounting After Dissolution

Sec. 300A.0030.  ACCOUNTING AFTER DISSOLUTION.  After the district has paid all its debts and has disposed of all its assets and funds as prescribed by Section 300A.0029, the board shall provide an accounting to each local government that created the district.  The accounting must show the manner in which the assets and debts of the district were distributed.
Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 923 (H.B. 4289), Sec. 2, eff. June 10, 2019.
2023 Texas Statutes › Health and Safety Code › Title 4 - Health Facilities › Subtitle D - Hospital Districts › Chapter 300A - Health Care Provider Participation Program in Districts Composed of Certain Local Governments › Subchapter C. Health Care Provider Participation Program; Powers and Duties of District Board › Section 300A.0051. Health Care Provider Participation Program

Sec. 300A.0051.  HEALTH CARE PROVIDER PARTICIPATION PROGRAM.  The board of a district may authorize the district to participate in a health care provider participation program on the affirmative vote of a majority of the board, subject to the provisions of this chapter.
Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 923 (H.B. 4289), Sec. 2, eff. June 10, 2019.
2023 Texas Statutes › Health and Safety Code › Title 4 - Health Facilities › Subtitle D - Hospital Districts › Chapter 300A - Health Care Provider Participation Program in Districts Composed of Certain Local Governments › Subchapter C. Health Care Provider Participation Program; Powers and Duties of District Board › Section 300A.0052. Limitation on Authority to Require Mandatory Payment

Sec. 300A.0052.  LIMITATION ON AUTHORITY TO REQUIRE MANDATORY PAYMENT.  The board may require a mandatory payment authorized under this chapter by an institutional health care provider in the district only in the manner provided by this chapter.
Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 923 (H.B. 4289), Sec. 2, eff. June 10, 2019.
2023 Texas Statutes › Health and Safety Code › Title 4 - Health Facilities › Subtitle D - Hospital Districts › Chapter 300A - Health Care Provider Participation Program in Districts Composed of Certain Local Governments › Subchapter C. Health Care Provider Participation Program; Powers and Duties of District Board › Section 300A.0053. Rules and Procedures

Sec. 300A.0053.  RULES AND PROCEDURES.  The board may adopt rules relating to the administration of the health care provider participation program in the district, including collection of the mandatory payments, expenditures, audits, and any other administrative aspects of the program.
Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 923 (H.B. 4289), Sec. 2, eff. June 10, 2019.
2023 Texas Statutes › Health and Safety Code › Title 4 - Health Facilities › Subtitle D - Hospital Districts › Chapter 300A - Health Care Provider Participation Program in Districts Composed of Certain Local Governments › Subchapter C. Health Care Provider Participation Program; Powers and Duties of District Board › Section 300A.0054. Institutional Health Care Provider Reporting

Sec. 300A.0054.  INSTITUTIONAL HEALTH CARE PROVIDER REPORTING.  If the board authorizes the district to participate in a health care provider participation program under this chapter, the board shall require each institutional health care provider located in the district 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 executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission to implement those sections.
Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 923 (H.B. 4289), Sec. 2, eff. June 10, 2019.
2023 Texas Statutes › Health and Safety Code › Title 4 - Health Facilities › Subtitle D - Hospital Districts › Chapter 300A - Health Care Provider Participation Program in Districts Composed of Certain Local Governments › Subchapter D. General Financial Provisions › Section 300A.0101. Hearing

Sec. 300A.0101.  HEARING.  (a)  In each year that the board authorizes a health care provider participation program under this chapter, the board shall hold a public hearing on the amounts of any mandatory payments that the board 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 board shall publish notice of the hearing in a newspaper of general circulation in each local government that creates the district and provide written notice of the hearing to the chief operating officer of each institutional health care provider in the district.
(c)  A representative of a paying hospital is entitled to appear at the time and place designated in the public notice and be heard regarding any matter related to the mandatory payments authorized under this chapter.
Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 923 (H.B. 4289), Sec. 2, eff. June 10, 2019.
2023 Texas Statutes › Health and Safety Code › Title 4 - Health Facilities › Subtitle D - Hospital Districts › Chapter 300A - Health Care Provider Participation Program in Districts Composed of Certain Local Governments › Subchapter D. General Financial Provisions › Section 300A.0102. Local Provider Participation Fund; Depository

Sec. 300A.0102.  LOCAL PROVIDER PARTICIPATION FUND; DEPOSITORY.  (a)  If the board collects a mandatory payment authorized under this chapter, the board shall create a local provider participation fund in one or more banks designated by the district as a depository for the mandatory payments received by the district.
(b)  The board may withdraw or use money in the local provider participation fund of the district only for a purpose authorized under this chapter.
(c)  All funds collected under this chapter shall be secured in the manner provided for securing public funds.
Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 923 (H.B. 4289), Sec. 2, eff. June 10, 2019.
2023 Texas Statutes › Health and Safety Code › Title 4 - Health Facilities › Subtitle D - Hospital Districts › Chapter 300A - Health Care Provider Participation Program in Districts Composed of Certain Local Governments › Subchapter D. General Financial Provisions › Section 300A.0104. Accounting of Funds

Sec. 300A.0104.  ACCOUNTING OF FUNDS.  The district shall maintain an accounting of the funds received from each local government that creates the district, including a paying hospital located in a hospital district, county, or municipality that created the district, as applicable.
Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 923 (H.B. 4289), Sec. 2, eff. June 10, 2019.
2023 Texas Statutes › Health and Safety Code › Title 4 - Health Facilities › Subtitle D - Hospital Districts › Chapter 300A - Health Care Provider Participation Program in Districts Composed of Certain Local Governments › Subchapter E. Mandatory Payments › Section 300A.0152. Assessment and Collection of Mandatory Payments

Sec. 300A.0152.  ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION OF MANDATORY PAYMENTS.  (a)  The district may designate an official of the district or contract with another person to assess and collect the mandatory payments authorized under this chapter.
(b)  The person charged by the district with the assessment and collection of mandatory payments shall charge and deduct from the mandatory payments collected for the district a collection fee in an amount not to exceed the person's usual and customary charges for like services.
(c)  If the person charged with the assessment and collection of mandatory payments is an official of the district, any revenue from a collection fee charged under Subsection (b) shall be deposited in the district general fund and, if appropriate, shall be reported as fees of the district.
Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 923 (H.B. 4289), Sec. 2, eff. June 10, 2019.
2023 Texas Statutes › Health and Safety Code › Title 4 - Health Facilities › Subtitle D - Hospital Districts › Chapter 300A - Health Care Provider Participation Program in Districts Composed of Certain Local Governments › Subchapter E. Mandatory Payments › Section 300A.0153. Correction of Invalid Provision or Procedure; Limitation of Authority

Sec. 300A.0153.  CORRECTION OF INVALID PROVISION OR PROCEDURE; LIMITATION OF AUTHORITY.  (a)  This chapter does not authorize the district to collect mandatory payments for the purpose of raising general revenue or any amount in excess of the amount reasonably necessary to:
(1)  fund the nonfederal share of a Medicaid supplemental payment program or Medicaid managed care rate enhancements for nonpublic hospitals; and
(2)  cover the administrative expenses of the district associated with activities under this chapter and other uses of the fund described by Section 300A.0103(b).
(b)  To the extent any provision or procedure under this chapter causes a mandatory payment authorized under this chapter to be ineligible for federal matching funds, the board may provide by rule for an alternative provision or procedure that conforms to the requirements of the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.  A rule adopted under this section may not create, impose, or materially expand the legal or financial liability or responsibility of the district or an institutional health care provider in the district beyond the provisions of this chapter. This section does not require the board to adopt a rule.
(c)  The district may only assess and collect a mandatory payment authorized under this chapter if a waiver program, uniform rate enhancement, or reimbursement described by Section 300A.0103(b)(1) is available to the district.
Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 923 (H.B. 4289), Sec. 2, eff. June 10, 2019.
2023 Texas Statutes › Health and Safety Code › Title 4 - Health Facilities › Subtitle D - Hospital Districts › Chapter 300A - Health Care Provider Participation Program in Districts Composed of Certain Local Governments › Subchapter E. Mandatory Payments › Section 300A.0154. Reporting Requirements

Sec. 300A.0154.  REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.  (a)  The board of a district that authorizes a program under this chapter shall report information to the Health and Human Services Commission regarding the program on a schedule determined by the commission.
(b)  The information must include:
(1)  the amount of the mandatory payments required and collected in each year the program is authorized;
(2)  any expenditure of money attributable to mandatory payments collected under this chapter, including:
(A)  any contract with an entity for the administration or operation of a program authorized by this chapter; or
(B)  a contract with a person for the assessment and collection of a mandatory payment as authorized under Section 300A.0152; and
(3)  the amount of money attributable to mandatory payments collected under this chapter that is used for any other purpose.
(c)  The executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission shall adopt rules to administer this section.
Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 923 (H.B. 4289), Sec. 2, eff. June 10, 2019.
2023 Texas Statutes › Health and Safety Code › Title 4 - Health Facilities › Subtitle D - Hospital Districts › Chapter 300A - Health Care Provider Participation Program in Districts Composed of Certain Local Governments › Subchapter E. Mandatory Payments › Section 300A.0155. Expiration of Authority

Sec. 300A.0155.  EXPIRATION OF AUTHORITY.  The authority of a district to administer and operate a program under this chapter expires on September 1 following the second anniversary of the date the board of the district authorized the district to participate in the program as provided by Section 300A.0051.
Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 923 (H.B. 4289), Sec. 2, eff. June 10, 2019.
2023 Texas Statutes › Health and Safety Code › Title 4 - Health Facilities › Subtitle D - Hospital Districts › Chapter 300A - Health Care Provider Participation Program in Districts Composed of Certain Local Governments › Subchapter E. Mandatory Payments › Section 300A.0156. Authority to Refuse for Violation

Sec. 300A.0156.  AUTHORITY TO REFUSE FOR VIOLATION.  The Health and Human Services Commission may refuse to accept money from a local provider participation fund established under this chapter if the commission determines that doing so may violate federal law.
Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 923 (H.B. 4289), Sec. 2, eff. June 10, 2019.
2023 Texas Statutes › Health and Safety Code › Title 4 - Health Facilities › Subtitle E - Cooperative Associations › Chapter 301 - Cooperative Associations › Subchapter A. Hospital Laundry Cooperative Associations › Section 301.001. Definitions

Sec. 301.001.  DEFINITIONS.  In this subchapter:
(1)  "Eligible institution" means an entity engaged in health-related pursuits that, except for cooperative associations, is exempt from federal income tax and includes only:
(A)  a municipality;
(B)  a political subdivision of the state;
(C)  a state-supported health-related institution, including:
(i)  The Texas A&M University System;
(ii)  The University of Texas System; and
(iii)  the Texas Woman's University System;
(D)  a nonprofit health-related institution; or
(E)  a cooperative association created under Subchapter B, a unit of which is located in a county with a population of more than 3.3 million.
(2)  "Laundry system" includes:
(A)  buildings in which soiled or infected clothing, uniforms, or linens are laundered;
(B)  land and interests in land as sites for buildings or access to buildings;
(C)  equipment and appliances for a laundry operation;
(D)  supplies for a laundry operation;
(E)  clothing, uniforms, and linens;
(F)  automotive and other personal property appropriate for delivery and pickup services;  and
(G)  other property and equipment incidental or appropriate to the operation of laundry facilities.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.  Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 597, Sec. 74, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.
Amended by:
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1163 (H.B. 2702), Sec. 43, eff. September 1, 2011.
Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 145 (S.B. 1126), Sec. 32, eff. May 26, 2021.
2023 Texas Statutes › Health and Safety Code › Title 4 - Health Facilities › Subtitle E - Cooperative Associations › Chapter 301 - Cooperative Associations › Subchapter A. Hospital Laundry Cooperative Associations › Section 301.002. Creation of Hospital Laundry Cooperative Association

Sec. 301.002.  CREATION OF HOSPITAL LAUNDRY COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION.  (a)  Eligible institutions may create a hospital laundry cooperative association to establish, operate, and maintain a laundry system on a nonprofit, cooperative basis solely for the use and benefit of eligible institutions.
(b)  An association is created under the terms prescribed by the governing bodies of the respective eligible institutions.
(c)  An association created under this subchapter shall include as part of its name "Hospital Laundry Cooperative Association."
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
2023 Texas Statutes › Health and Safety Code › Title 4 - Health Facilities › Subtitle E - Cooperative Associations › Chapter 301 - Cooperative Associations › Subchapter A. Hospital Laundry Cooperative Associations › Section 301.003. Articles of Incorporation

Sec. 301.003.  ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION.  (a)  Eligible institutions creating a hospital laundry cooperative association may file articles of incorporation under the general corporation law of this state, including the Texas Business Corporation Act.
(b)  An association incorporated as provided by this section is governed by the law under which it is incorporated except to the extent that that law conflicts with this subchapter.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
2023 Texas Statutes › Health and Safety Code › Title 4 - Health Facilities › Subtitle E - Cooperative Associations › Chapter 301 - Cooperative Associations › Subchapter A. Hospital Laundry Cooperative Associations › Section 301.004. Use of Public Funds Prohibited

Sec. 301.004.  USE OF PUBLIC FUNDS PROHIBITED.  Public funds appropriated to a state department or to a state institution may not be used to create a hospital laundry cooperative association under this subchapter.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
2023 Texas Statutes › Health and Safety Code › Title 4 - Health Facilities › Subtitle E - Cooperative Associations › Chapter 301 - Cooperative Associations › Subchapter A. Hospital Laundry Cooperative Associations › Section 301.005. Membership; Membership Privileges; Expulsion of Members

Sec. 301.005.  MEMBERSHIP;  MEMBERSHIP PRIVILEGES;  EXPULSION OF MEMBERS.  (a)  An eligible institution may be elected to membership in a hospital laundry cooperative association by:
(1)  the organizers of the association at the time of organization;  or
(2)  the board of directors of the association according to the association's bylaws.
(b)  Only an eligible institution may become a member of an association created under this subchapter.
(c)  A membership certificate is transferable only to an eligible institution in the manner provided by the rules prescribed in the bylaws.
(d)  Each member has voting rights in the management of an association as prescribed in the bylaws.
(e)  A member may be suspended or expelled for misconduct under the rules prescribed in the bylaws.
(f)  An association shall pay an expelled member for cancellation of the membership if the member's contractual obligations pledged to the payment of the association's notes, bonds, or other obligations have been fully paid or other provision has been made.  The amount and date of payment are as prescribed in the bylaws.
(g)  Amounts paid or property conveyed or transferred to an association by an expelled member and not required to be returned to the member under Subsection (f) may be retained by the association.  Facilities or property acquired by the association remains the property of the association and the expelled member does not have a lien or other right to the facilities or property.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
2023 Texas Statutes › Health and Safety Code › Title 4 - Health Facilities › Subtitle E - Cooperative Associations › Chapter 301 - Cooperative Associations › Subchapter A. Hospital Laundry Cooperative Associations › Section 301.006. Membership Not Required

Sec. 301.006.  MEMBERSHIP NOT REQUIRED.  A component institution of a state-supported institution is not required to be a member of a hospital laundry cooperative association created under this subchapter but may be a member of one or more associations.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
2023 Texas Statutes › Health and Safety Code › Title 4 - Health Facilities › Subtitle E - Cooperative Associations › Chapter 301 - Cooperative Associations › Subchapter A. Hospital Laundry Cooperative Associations › Section 301.007. Powers of Hospital Laundry Cooperative Association

Sec. 301.007.  POWERS OF HOSPITAL LAUNDRY COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION.  A hospital laundry cooperative association may:
(1)  acquire, own, and operate a laundry system on a cooperative basis solely for the benefit of eligible institutions, regardless of whether the eligible institution is a member of the association, and may engage in activities for the benefit of eligible institutions that are necessarily related to the acquisition, ownership, operation, and maintenance of a laundry system;
(2)  acquire by purchase, lease, or other method land and interests in land appropriate or reasonably incidental to a laundry system and may own, hold, improve, develop, and manage land and interests in land acquired;
(3)  construct, improve, enlarge, and equip buildings or other structures on that land;
(4)  encumber or dispose of any land or interests in land, buildings, or structures owned or held by the association;
(5)  acquire by lease, purchase, manufacture, or other method any personal property appropriate or reasonably incidental to a laundry system, including property for the cleaning, washing, steaming, bleaching, dry cleaning, and disinfecting of all types of clothing and fabrics, and the transportation and distribution of those articles;
(6)  encumber and dispose of any personal property owned or held by the association;
(7)  acquire by purchase or other method uniforms, clothing, or linen for its members;
(8)  borrow or raise money without limit as to amount;
(9)  sell, grant security interest in, pledge, or otherwise dispose of and collect on accounts receivable, contract rights, and other choses in action;  and
(10)  make, draw, accept, endorse, execute, and issue bonds, debentures, notes, or other obligations for money borrowed or payment of property purchased, and may secure the payment by mortgage on, creation of security interests in, or pledge of or conveyance of assignment in trust of all or part of any property held by the association.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
2023 Texas Statutes › Health and Safety Code › Title 4 - Health Facilities › Subtitle E - Cooperative Associations › Chapter 301 - Cooperative Associations › Subchapter A. Hospital Laundry Cooperative Associations › Section 301.008. Cost of Services

Sec. 301.008.  COST OF SERVICES.  A hospital laundry cooperative association may determine the amount to be charged for providing laundry services through its laundry system to eligible institutions.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
2023 Texas Statutes › Health and Safety Code › Title 4 - Health Facilities › Subtitle E - Cooperative Associations › Chapter 301 - Cooperative Associations › Subchapter A. Hospital Laundry Cooperative Associations › Section 301.009. Bonds, Notes, or Other Obligations

Sec. 301.009.  BONDS, NOTES, OR OTHER OBLIGATIONS.  (a)  A hospital laundry cooperative association may borrow money from public or private sources or issue bonds, notes, or other obligations in amounts necessary to create, enlarge, maintain, or operate a laundry system.
(b)  The association shall pay bonds, notes, or other obligations of the association solely from revenue received from the operation of a laundry system or from funds specifically provided for that purpose from other sources.  An association may pledge its revenues or funds to secure payment of the bonds, notes, or other obligations.
(c)  Bonds, notes, or other obligations issued by an association do not constitute indebtedness of the state or of any eligible institution that is a member of the association.  Holders of bonds, notes, or other obligations may not demand or enforce payment of principal of or interest on the bonds, notes, or other obligations out of funds other than those specifically pledged to secure payment of those bonds, notes, or other obligations.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
2023 Texas Statutes › Health and Safety Code › Title 4 - Health Facilities › Subtitle E - Cooperative Associations › Chapter 301 - Cooperative Associations › Subchapter A. Hospital Laundry Cooperative Associations › Section 301.010. Bonds as Investments

Sec. 301.010.  BONDS AS INVESTMENTS.  Bonds issued by a hospital laundry cooperative association under this subchapter are legal and authorized investments for:
(1)  a bank;
(2)  a savings and loan association;
(3)  an insurance company;
(4)  a fiduciary;
(5)  a trustee;  and
(6)  a sinking fund of a municipality, county, school district, or other political subdivision or corporation of the state or other public fund of the state or a state agency, including the permanent school fund.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
2023 Texas Statutes › Health and Safety Code › Title 4 - Health Facilities › Subtitle E - Cooperative Associations › Chapter 301 - Cooperative Associations › Subchapter A. Hospital Laundry Cooperative Associations › Section 301.011. Bonds as Security for Deposits

Sec. 301.011.  BONDS AS SECURITY FOR DEPOSITS.  A hospital laundry cooperative association's bonds may secure the deposits of public funds of the state or a municipality, county, school district, or other political subdivision or corporation of the state.  The bonds are lawful and sufficient security for those deposits in an amount up to their face value, if accompanied by all appurtenant unmatured coupons.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
2023 Texas Statutes › Health and Safety Code › Title 4 - Health Facilities › Subtitle E - Cooperative Associations › Chapter 301 - Cooperative Associations › Subchapter A. Hospital Laundry Cooperative Associations › Section 301.012. Liability to Creditors

Sec. 301.012.  LIABILITY TO CREDITORS.  Except as provided by this subchapter, a member of a hospital laundry cooperative association is not liable to the association or its creditors in excess of the amount contracted for by the member.  When the contract is paid in the amount and at the time specified in the contract, the member's liability ceases.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
2023 Texas Statutes › Health and Safety Code › Title 4 - Health Facilities › Subtitle E - Cooperative Associations › Chapter 301 - Cooperative Associations › Subchapter A. Hospital Laundry Cooperative Associations › Section 301.013. Tax Exemption

Sec. 301.013.  TAX EXEMPTION.  (a)  A hospital laundry cooperative association created under this subchapter is not required to pay a tax or assessment on its property or on any purchase made by the association.
(b)  Except as provided by Subsection (c), an association is not required to pay an annual franchise tax.
(c)  An association is exempt from the franchise tax imposed by Chapter 171, Tax Code, only if the association is exempted by that chapter.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
2023 Texas Statutes › Health and Safety Code › Title 4 - Health Facilities › Subtitle E - Cooperative Associations › Chapter 301 - Cooperative Associations › Subchapter A. Hospital Laundry Cooperative Associations › Section 301.014. Annual Report

Sec. 301.014.  ANNUAL REPORT.  A hospital laundry cooperative association shall file an annual report with the secretary of state showing the assets and conditions of the association's affairs.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
2023 Texas Statutes › Health and Safety Code › Title 4 - Health Facilities › Subtitle E - Cooperative Associations › Chapter 301 - Cooperative Associations › Subchapter A. Hospital Laundry Cooperative Associations › Section 301.015. Surplus Revenue

Sec. 301.015.  SURPLUS REVENUE.  The directors of a hospital laundry cooperative association may, in accordance with the association's bylaws, deposit to the credit of the surplus fund any surplus revenue derived from the laundry system or divide the surplus revenue among the patrons in proportion to the patrons' respective contributions to the working capital of the association and their patronage.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
2023 Texas Statutes › Health and Safety Code › Title 4 - Health Facilities › Subtitle E - Cooperative Associations › Chapter 301 - Cooperative Associations › Subchapter A. Hospital Laundry Cooperative Associations › Section 301.016. Loans to Members Prohibited

Sec. 301.016.  LOANS TO MEMBERS PROHIBITED.  A hospital laundry cooperative association may not loan money to a member.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
2023 Texas Statutes › Health and Safety Code › Title 4 - Health Facilities › Subtitle E - Cooperative Associations › Chapter 301 - Cooperative Associations › Subchapter B. Miscellaneous Cooperative Associations › Section 301.032. Creation of Cooperative Association

Sec. 301.032.  CREATION OF COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION.  (a)  Eligible institutions may create a cooperative association to establish, operate, and maintain a system on a nonprofit, cooperative basis solely for the use and benefit of eligible institutions.
(b)  An association is created under the terms prescribed by the governing bodies of the respective eligible institutions.
(c)  An association created under this subchapter shall include as part of its name "Cooperative Association."
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
2023 Texas Statutes › Health and Safety Code › Title 4 - Health Facilities › Subtitle E - Cooperative Associations › Chapter 301 - Cooperative Associations › Subchapter B. Miscellaneous Cooperative Associations › Section 301.033. Articles of Incorporation

Sec. 301.033.  ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION.  (a)  Eligible institutions creating a cooperative association may prepare and file articles of incorporation under the general corporation law of this state, including the Texas Business Corporation Act.
(b)  An association incorporated as provided by this section is governed by the law under which it is incorporated except to the extent that that law conflicts with this subchapter.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
2023 Texas Statutes › Health and Safety Code › Title 4 - Health Facilities › Subtitle E - Cooperative Associations › Chapter 301 - Cooperative Associations › Subchapter B. Miscellaneous Cooperative Associations › Section 301.034. Use of Public Funds Prohibited

Sec. 301.034.  USE OF PUBLIC FUNDS PROHIBITED.  Public funds appropriated to a state department or to a state institution may not be used to create a cooperative association under this subchapter.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
2023 Texas Statutes › Health and Safety Code › Title 4 - Health Facilities › Subtitle E - Cooperative Associations › Chapter 301 - Cooperative Associations › Subchapter B. Miscellaneous Cooperative Associations › Section 301.035. Membership; Membership Privileges; Expulsion of Members

Sec. 301.035.  MEMBERSHIP;  MEMBERSHIP PRIVILEGES;  EXPULSION OF MEMBERS.  (a)  An eligible institution may be elected to membership in a cooperative association by:
(1)  the organizers of the association at the time of organization;  or
(2)  the board of directors of the association according to the association's bylaws.
(b)  Only an eligible institution may become a member of an association created under this subchapter.
(c)  A membership certificate is transferable only to an eligible institution in the manner provided by the rules prescribed in the bylaws.
(d)  Each member has voting rights in the management of an association as prescribed in the bylaws.
(e)  A member may be suspended or expelled for misconduct under the rules prescribed in the bylaws.
(f)  An association shall pay an expelled member for cancellation of the membership, if the member's contractual obligations pledged to the payment of the association's notes, bonds, or other obligations have been fully paid or other provision has been made.  The amount and date of payment are as prescribed in the bylaws.
(g)  Amounts paid or property conveyed or transferred to an association by an expelled member and not required to be returned to the member under Subsection (f) may be retained by the association.  Facilities or property acquired by the association remains the property of the association and the expelled member does not have a lien or other right to the facilities or property.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
2023 Texas Statutes › Health and Safety Code › Title 4 - Health Facilities › Subtitle E - Cooperative Associations › Chapter 301 - Cooperative Associations › Subchapter B. Miscellaneous Cooperative Associations › Section 301.036. Membership Not Required

Sec. 301.036.  MEMBERSHIP NOT REQUIRED.  A component institution of an institution that is supported by the federal or state government or a department, division, or agency of the federal government is not required to be a member of a cooperative association created under this subchapter but may be a member of one or more associations.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
2023 Texas Statutes › Health and Safety Code › Title 4 - Health Facilities › Subtitle E - Cooperative Associations › Chapter 301 - Cooperative Associations › Subchapter B. Miscellaneous Cooperative Associations › Section 301.037. Powers of Cooperative Association

Sec. 301.037.  POWERS OF COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION.  To carry out the purposes of this subchapter, a cooperative association may:
(1)  acquire, own, and operate a system on a cooperative basis solely for the benefit of eligible institutions, regardless of whether the eligible institution is a member of the association, and may engage in activities for the benefit of eligible institutions that are necessarily related to the acquisition, ownership, operation, and maintenance of a system;
(2)  acquire by purchase, lease, or other method land and interests in land appropriate or reasonably incidental to a system and may own, hold, improve, develop, and manage any land and interests in land acquired;
(3)  construct, improve, enlarge, or equip buildings or other structures on that land;
(4)  encumber or dispose of any land or interests in land, buildings, or structures owned or held by the association;
(5)  acquire by lease, purchase, manufacture, or other method any personal property appropriate or reasonably incidental to a system;
(6)  borrow or raise money;
(7)  sell, grant security interest in, pledge, or otherwise dispose of and collect on accounts receivable, contract rights, and other choses in action;  and
(8)  make, draw, accept, endorse, execute, and issue bonds, debentures, notes, or other obligations for money borrowed or payment of property purchased, and may secure the payment by mortgage on, creation of security interests in, or pledge of or conveyance of assignment in trust of all or part of any property held by the association.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
2023 Texas Statutes › Health and Safety Code › Title 4 - Health Facilities › Subtitle E - Cooperative Associations › Chapter 301 - Cooperative Associations › Subchapter B. Miscellaneous Cooperative Associations › Section 301.038. Provision of Services; Costs

Sec. 301.038.  PROVISION OF SERVICES; COSTS.  (a)  A cooperative association may provide services from a system to eligible institutions and may determine the amount to be charged for providing the services.
(b)  Notwithstanding Sections 301.032 and 301.037, a cooperative association may provide from a system central heating and cooling services, including steam and heated and chilled water supply, to persons other than eligible institutions and may determine the amount to be charged for providing services.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
Amended by:
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 939 (H.B. 3693), Sec. 10, eff. September 1, 2007.
2023 Texas Statutes › Health and Safety Code › Title 4 - Health Facilities › Subtitle E - Cooperative Associations › Chapter 301 - Cooperative Associations › Subchapter B. Miscellaneous Cooperative Associations › Section 301.039. Bonds, Notes, or Other Obligations

Sec. 301.039.  BONDS, NOTES, OR OTHER OBLIGATIONS.  (a)  A cooperative association may borrow money from public or private sources or issue bonds, notes, or other obligations in amounts necessary to create, enlarge, maintain, or operate a system.
(b)  The association shall pay the bonds, notes, or other obligations of the association solely from revenue received from the operation of a system or from funds specifically provided for that purpose from other sources.  An association may pledge its revenues or funds to secure payment of the bonds, notes, or other obligations.
(c)  Bonds, notes, or other obligations issued by an association do not constitute indebtedness of the state or of any eligible institution that is a member of the association.  Holders of bonds, notes, or other obligations may not demand or enforce payment of principal of or interest on the bonds, notes, or other obligations out of funds other than those specifically pledged to secure payment of those bonds, notes, or other obligations.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
2023 Texas Statutes › Health and Safety Code › Title 4 - Health Facilities › Subtitle E - Cooperative Associations › Chapter 301 - Cooperative Associations › Subchapter B. Miscellaneous Cooperative Associations › Section 301.040. Bonds as Investments

Sec. 301.040.  BONDS AS INVESTMENTS.  Bonds issued by a cooperative association under this subchapter are legal and authorized investments for:
(1)  a bank;
(2)  a savings and loan association;
(3)  an insurance company;
(4)  a fiduciary;  and
(5)  a trustee.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
2023 Texas Statutes › Health and Safety Code › Title 4 - Health Facilities › Subtitle E - Cooperative Associations › Chapter 301 - Cooperative Associations › Subchapter B. Miscellaneous Cooperative Associations › Section 301.041. Liability to Creditors

Sec. 301.041.  LIABILITY TO CREDITORS.  (a)  Except as provided by this subchapter, a member of a cooperative association is not liable to the association or its creditors in excess of the amount contracted for by the member.  When the contract is paid in the amount and at the time specified in the contract, the member's liability ceases.
(b)  This subchapter does not authorize a state-supported health-related institution to make a financial commitment beyond the current budget period for the institution.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
2023 Texas Statutes › Health and Safety Code › Title 4 - Health Facilities › Subtitle E - Cooperative Associations › Chapter 301 - Cooperative Associations › Subchapter B. Miscellaneous Cooperative Associations › Section 301.042. Tax Exemption

Sec. 301.042.  TAX EXEMPTION.  (a)  A cooperative association created under this subchapter is not required to pay a tax or assessment on its property or on any purchase made by the association.
(b)  Except as provided by Subsection (c), an association is not required to pay an annual franchise tax.
(c)  An association is exempt from the franchise tax imposed by Chapter 171, Tax Code, only if the association is exempted by that chapter.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
2023 Texas Statutes › Health and Safety Code › Title 4 - Health Facilities › Subtitle E - Cooperative Associations › Chapter 301 - Cooperative Associations › Subchapter B. Miscellaneous Cooperative Associations › Section 301.043. Annual Report

Sec. 301.043.  ANNUAL REPORT.  A cooperative association shall file an annual report with the secretary of state showing the assets and conditions of the association's affairs.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.