HBA-MPA C.S.H.B. 1666 76(R)BILL ANALYSIS Office of House Bill AnalysisC.S.H.B. 1666 By: Green County Affairs 4/16/1999 Committee Report (Substituted) BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Currently, according to an interpretation made by the attorney general's office, hospital districts are not allowed to lease, manage, or operate any health care facility in an adjacent hospital district. C.S.H.B. 1666 allows the Nixon Hospital District to contract with Gonzales Healthcare Systems to lease, manage, or operate a health care facility. This bill also authorizes the Gonzales County Hospital District to contract with the Nixon Hospital District. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution. SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS SECTION 1. Amends Section 3, Chapter 644, Acts of the 59th Legislature, Regular Session, 1965, by adding Subsection (b), to authorize the Nixon Hospital District (Nixon district) to contract with Gonzales Healthcare Systems (GHS) for GHS to lease, manage, or operate a health care facility located in the Nixon district. SECTION 2. Amends Section 10(a), Chapter 191, Acts of the 64th Legislature, Regular Session, 1975, to authorize the Gonzales County Hospital District (Gonzales district), through its board of directors, to contract with the Nixon district located in Gonzales and Wilson Counties, Texas, for the Gonzales district to lease, manage, or operate a health care facility located in the Nixon district. SECTION 3.Emergency clause. Effective date: upon passage. COMPARISON OF ORIGINAL TO SUBSTITUTE C.S.H.B. 1666 differs from the original bill in SECTION 1 by deleting the proposed Section 285.092, Health and Safety Code, which defined "political subdivision," and authorized a hospital district to contract with an adjacent political subdivision to lease, operate, or manage a health care facility operated by an adjacent political subdivision. The substitute adds a new SECTION 1 amending Section 3, Chapter 644, Acts of the 59th Legislature, Regular Session, 1965, by adding Subsection (b) to authorize the Nixon Hospital District (Nixon district) to contract with Gonzales Healthcare Systems (GHS) for GHS to lease, manage, or operate a health care facility located in the Nixon district. C.S.H.B. 1666 differs from the original bill by adding a new SECTION 2, amending Section 10(a), Chapter 191, Acts of the 64th Legislature, Regular Session, 1975, to authorize the Gonzales County Hospital District (Gonzales district), through its board of directors, to contract with the Nixon district located in Gonzales and Wilson counties for the Gonzales district to lease, manage, or operate a health care facility located in the Nixon district. The substitute deletes SECTION 2 (effective date) and SECTION 3 (emergency clause) in the original bill and adds a new SECTION 3 which is a long emergency clause