Twenty Texas counties received approximately $5.6 million in state matching funds in 2004 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
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LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM
The Annual State Conference in Houston adopted the following items to be developed as amendments to legislation: Remove the Interest and Sinking Fund amount from the General Revenue Tax Levy that is part of the 8 percent levy for indigent health care. Allow counties to retain a proportionate amount of funds from fine and fee collections when the county collects from its … [Read more...] about LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM