Health and Safety Code § 287.024

Sec. 287.024. FUNDING. (a) Each county or hospital district that contracts with the district shall contribute to the district for its operation: (1) a specified dollar amount from or a percentage of the contracting entity's operating budget and reserves if the contracting entity is a hospital district; (2) a specified percentage, not less than the percentage required under Section 61.037 for state assistance, of the contracting entity's general revenue levy for each state fiscal year for the term of the contract, if the contracting entity is a county; (3) state assistance received under Chapter 61; (4) federal matching funds received by a hospital district under the Medicaid disproportionate share program; and (5) any funds that are: (A) received under the Agreement Regarding Disposition of Settlement Proceeds dated July 18, 1998, or July 24, 1998, and filed in the United States District Court, Eastern District of Texas, in the case styled The State of Texas v. The American Tobacco Company, et al., No. 5-96CV-91; and (B) received on or after the date on which the district is created and before the district is dissolved. (b) The district shall maintain an accounting of the funds received from each county or hospital district that contracts with the district. (c) The district may administer the financial contributions of all parties to the contract for district purposes. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1293, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. SUBCHAPTER C. DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION