Texas SB1578 creates a health care provider participation program for certain counties to collect mandatory payments from institutional health care.

Texas SB1578 establishes a county health care provider participation program for counties with a population over 900,000, not served by a hospital district, and bordering two counties with populations of two million or more. The program allows counties to collect mandatory payments from institutional health care providers, which must be proportionate to the providers' net patient revenue. These payments fund the nonfederal share of Medicaid programs and cover administrative expenses. Counties must hold public hearings on the payments and their uses.

Texas SB1578 creates a health care provider participation program for certain counties to collect mandatory payments from institutional health care.

Texas SB1578 establishes a county health care provider participation program for counties with a population over 900,000, not served by a hospital district, and bordering two counties with populations of two million or more. The program allows counties to collect mandatory payments from institutional health care providers, which must be proportionate to the providers' net patient revenue. These payments fund the nonfederal share of Medicaid programs and cover administrative expenses. Counties must hold public hearings on the payments and their uses.