Texas Health & Safety Code - Section 311.0455. Annual Report By The Department
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§ 311.0455. ANNUAL REPORT BY THE DEPARTMENT. (a) The
department shall submit to the attorney general and comptroller not
later than July 1 of each year a report listing each nonprofit
hospital or hospital system that did not meet the requirements of
Section 311.045 during the preceding fiscal year.
(b) The department shall submit to the attorney general and
the comptroller not later than November 1 of each year a report
containing the following information for each nonprofit hospital or
hospital system during the preceding fiscal year:
(1) the amount of charity care, as defined by Section
311.031, provided;
(2) the amount of government-sponsored indigent
health care, as defined by Section 311.031, provided;
(3) the amount of community benefits, as defined by
Section 311.042, provided;
(4) the amount of net patient revenue, as defined by
Section 311.042, and the amount constituting four percent of net
patient revenue;
(5) the dollar amount of the hospital's or hospital
system's charity care and community benefits requirements met;
(6) a computation of the percentage by which the
amount described by Subdivision (5) is above or below the dollar
amount of the hospital's or hospital system's charity care and
community benefits requirements;
(7) the amount of tax-exempt benefits, as defined by
Section 311.042, provided, if the hospital is required to report
tax-exempt benefits under Section 311.045(b)(1)(A) or (b)(1)(B);
and
(8) the amount of charity care expenses reported in
the hospital's or hospital system's audited financial statement.
(c) The department shall make the report required by
Subsection (b) available to the public and shall issue a press
release concerning the availability of the report.
(d) For purposes of Subsection (b), "nonprofit hospital"
includes the following if the hospital is not located in a county
with a population under 50,000 where the entire county or the
population of the entire county has been designated as a Health
Professionals Shortage Area:
(1) a Medicaid disproportionate share hospital; or
(2) a public hospital that is owned or operated by a
political subdivision or municipal corporation of the state,
including a hospital district or authority.
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 260, § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1998.
Section: 311.037 311.039 311.041 311.042 311.043 311.044 311.045 311.0455 311.0456 311.046 311.0461 311.047 311.048 312.001 312.002
Last modified: August 11, 2007
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