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HB 959: Indigent Health Care

GENERAL BILL by Crady

Indigent Health Care; provides for excluding active-duty military personnel & certain institutionalized county residents from state population estimates when calculating county's financial responsibility for hospitals' treatment of specific counties' indigent residents; expands authorized use of indigent care discretionary sales surtax to include trauma centers; renames surtax, etc. Amends 154.306, 212.055.

Effective Date: 07/01/2000 except as otherwise provided
Last Action: 5/5/2000 Senate - Died in Committee on Comprehensive Planning, Local and Military Affairs, Iden./Sim./Compare Bill(s) passed, refer to HB 509 (Ch. 2000-312), CS/CS/HB 591 (Ch. 2000-318)
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Bill History

Date Chamber Action
2/7/2000 House • Prefiled
2/10/2000 House • Referred to Health Care Services (HFC); Community Affairs (PRC); Health & Human Services Appropriations (FRC)
3/7/2000 House • Introduced, referred to Health Care Services (HFC); Community Affairs (PRC); Health & Human Services Appropriations (FRC) -HJ 00065
3/21/2000 House • On Committee agenda-- Health Care Services (HFC), 03/23/00, 10:00 am, Reed Hall
3/23/2000 House • Comm. Action: Favorable by Health Care Services (HFC); YEAS 16 NAYS 0 -HJ 00365
3/24/2000 House • Now in Community Affairs (PRC) -HJ 00365
4/3/2000 House • On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs (PRC), 04/05/00, 1:30 pm, Morris Hall
4/5/2000 House • Comm. Action: Favorable with 1 amendment(s) by Community Affairs (PRC); YEAS 10 NAYS 0 -HJ 00536
4/10/2000 House • Now in Health & Human Services Appropriations (FRC) -HJ 00536
4/14/2000 House • On Committee agenda-- Health & Human Services Appropriations (FRC), 04/18/00, 1:30 pm, Reed Hall
4/18/2000 House • Comm. Action:-Favorable by Health & Human Services Appropriations (FRC); YEAS 9 NAYS 0 -HJ 00594
4/20/2000 House • Placed on calendar, available for General Calendar -HJ 00594
4/26/2000 House • Placed on Special Order Calendar; Read second time -HJ 00816; Amendment(s) adopted -HJ 00816
5/1/2000 House • Read third time -HJ 01302; Amendment(s) adopted -HJ 01303; Passed as amended; YEAS 118 NAYS 0 -HJ 01305
5/1/2000 Senate • In Messages
5/4/2000 Senate • Received, referred to Comprehensive Planning, Local and Military Affairs; Health, Aging and Long-Term Care; Fiscal Policy -SJ 01148
5/5/2000 Senate • Died in Committee on Comprehensive Planning, Local and Military Affairs, Iden./Sim./Compare Bill(s) passed, refer to HB 509 (Ch. 2000-312), CS/CS/HB 591 (Ch. 2000-318)