HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES 17-173RESOLUTION NO.17-173
RESOLUTION SETTING THE MANDATORY PAYMENT RATE FOR THE
FISCAL YEAR 2017 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 resolution 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 2017 as 1.52% 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 25th day of
July, 2017.
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