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HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES 19-029RESOLUTION NO. 19-029 RESOLUTION SETTING THE MANDATORY PAYMENT RATE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2019 FOR THE LOCAL PROVIDER PARTICIPATION FUND IN THE MUNICIPAL HEALTH CARE PROVIDER PARTICIPATION PROGRAM. WHEREAS, The Texas Legislature enacted S.B. 1387, which added Section 295 to the Health and Safety Code and which went into effect immediately upon being signed by the Governor; and, WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 295 of the Health and Safety Code, the City Council has authorized the City of Beaumont to participate in a municipal health care provider participation program and establish a Local Provider Participation Fund; and, WHEREAS, the purpose of participation in a municipal health care provider participation program is to generate revenue from a mandatory payment that may be required by the City from each institutional health care provider located in the City of Beaumont; and, WHEREAS, revenue generated from mandatory payments may be used to fund certain intergovernmental transfers; and, WHEREAS, pursuant to 295.151 of the Health and Safety Code, a city that collects a mandatory payment must set the amount of the mandatory payment; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT: THAT the statements and findings set out in the preamble to this ordinance are hereby, in all things, approved and adopted; and, THAT the Beaumont City Council sets the amount of the mandatory payment for the fiscal year ending 2019 as 5.69% of the net patient revenue of an institutional health care provider located in the City of Beaumont; and, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the City Council of the City of Beaumont is authorized to take all other actions necessary to meet the requirements of Chapter 295. The meeting at which this resolution was approved was in all things conducted in strict compliance with the Texas Open Meetings Act, Texas Government Code, Chapter 551. PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL of the City of Beaumont this the 29th day of January, 2019. kiwh"S' U Vyo�-ge'cky