Texas County Progress

The Official Publication of the County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas

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County Indigent Health Care Programs

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Ten Texas counties received approximately $2.6 million in state matching funds in 2007 to help offset the cost of indigent health care, said Jan Maberry, County Indigent Health Care Program (CIHCP) manager for the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS). The Indigent Health Care and Treatment Act of 1985 requires counties that are not completely covered by a hospital … [Read more...] about County Indigent Health Care Programs

County Indigent Health Care Programs Tap Into State Funds

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Twenty-one Texas counties received approximately $5.1 million in state matching funds in 2005 to help offset the cost of indigent health care, said Jan Maberry, County Indigent Health Care Program (CIHCP) manager for the Texas Department of State Health Services. The Indigent Health Care and Treatment Act of 1985 requires counties that are not completely covered by a hospital … [Read more...] about County Indigent Health Care Programs Tap Into State Funds

Indigent Healthcare Legislation

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There were several bills introduced this legislative session concerning county responsibility for indigent health care services. This responsibility is defined in Chapter 61, Health and Safety Code. Severe reductions in the state health care budget have placed regional public hospitals in a budgetary crisis. An interim study by the Senate Committee on Health examined the … [Read more...] about Indigent Healthcare Legislation

From the President

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At this writing, the 79th Legislature is still in session. I was thinking there for a while that I might have some very good news for you county leaders. I was hoping that the finance caps bill would fail, but instead it was suddenly tucked underneath the skirt of the school finance bill. I cannot for the life of me try to guess at this time what the outcome will be of this and … [Read more...] about From the President