HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES 15-212RESOLUTION NO. 15-212
RESOLUTION SETTING THE MANDATORY PAYMENT RATE
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2016 FOR THE LOCAL PROVIDER
PARTICIPATION FUND IN THE MUNICIPAL HEALTH CARE
PROVIDER PARTICIPATION PROGRAM.
WHEREAS, the Eighty -Fourth Texas Legislature enacted by unanimous consent
Senate Bill 1387, which added Chapter 295 to the Health and Safety Code and which
went into effect May 23, 2015; and,
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 295.003 of the Health and Safety Code, the City
Council of the City of Beaumont on June 9, 2015, by the passage of Ordinance No. 15-
016, 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 help local providers gain access to the Texas Transformation
& Quality Improvement 1115 Medicaid Waiver; and,
WHEREAS, the funding for the Local Provider Participation Fund is generated
from revenue from a mandatory payment ordered by the City Council of the City of
Beaumont on June -9, 2015, by passage of Ordinance No. 15-016, from an institutional
health care provider to fund certain intergovernmental transfers and indigent care
programs; and,
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 295.052 of the Health and Safety Code, the City
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Council of the City of Beaumont on June 9, 2015, by passage of Ordinance No. 15-016,
authorized the City of Beaumont to collect a mandatory payment from each institutional
health care provider located in the City Beaumont; and,
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 295.053 of the Health and Safety Code, the City
Council of the City of Beaumont on July 28, 2015, by the passage of Resolution No. 15-
152, adopted rules relating to the administration of the mandatory payment; and,
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 295.054 of the Health and Safety Code, the City
Council of the City of Beaumont on July 28, 2015, by the passage of Resolution No. 15-
152, required each institutional health care provider to submit to the City of Beaumont a
copy of any financial and utilization data required by and reported to the Department of
State Health Services under Texas Health & Safety Code Sections 311.032 and
311.033 and any rules adopted by the executive commissioner of the Health and
Human Services Commission to implement those sections; and,
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 295.102 of the Health and Safety Code, the City
Council of the City of Beaumont on July 28, 2015, by the passage of Resolution No. 15-
152, designated Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., located at 6250 Delaware, Beaumont, Texas,
77706, as the depository for mandatory payments received by the City of Beaumont;
and,
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 295.151 of the Health and Safety Code, the
governing body of a municipality that collects a mandatory payment shall update the
amount of the mandatory payment on an annual basis;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE
CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT:
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THAT the statements and findings set out in the preamble to this resolution are hereby,
in all things, approved and adopted; and,
II
I . Sets the amount of the mandatory payment for the fiscal year ending in 2016 as
Five percent (5%) of the net patient revenue of an institutional health care
provider located in the City of Beaumont, and
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2. Authorizes the City Council of the City, of Beaumont to take all other actions
necessary to meet the requirements of Chapter 295.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL of th'e City of Beaumont this the 29th day of
September, 2015.
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Tina Broussard, City Clerk
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