HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES 20-280RESOLUTION NO. 20-280
RESOLUTION SETTING THE MANDATORY PAYMENT RATE
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2021 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 295.101 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 2021 as 4.91 % 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 15th
day of December, 2020.
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