Commissioners to hold special meeting Monday
The Hays County Commissioners Court will hold a special meeting Monday, where it’ll hold a public hearing and consider action on mandatory payments of all local hospitals in fiscal year 2020.
The mandatory payments are pursuant to the Hays County Health Care Provider Participation Program.
According to the agenda item, “Hays County’s participation in a County Health Care Provider Participation Program is authorized by House Bill 3175 passed during the 84th Texas Legislature. A County Health Care Provider Participation Program authorizes a county to collect a mandatory payment from each institutional health care provider located in the county to be deposited in a local provider participation fund established by the county. Money in the fund may be used by the county to fund certain intergovernmental transfers and indigent care programs as provided by Chapter 293 of the Texas Health and Safety Code. Central Texas Medical Center of San Marcos and Seton Medical Center Hays supported passage of HB 3175 and the creation of the program in Hays County.”
The court will take possible action on a resolution that sets the mandatory payments under the provider participation program at 4.38% of the net patient revenue of each institutional health care provider located in Hays County for fiscal year 2020.
In other business, the commissioners will also take possible action to “declare holiday hours for county employees from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. (one half day) on Tuesday, December 24, 2019; to allow department heads and elected officials to use their discretion to fulfill staffing needs during those hours; and to provide the accrual of comp time or holiday pay, as appropriate, for nonexempt employees who work during those hours,” according to the agenda.
The court is also set to approve payment of county invoices, payment of United Healthcare claims and approve the Election payroll disbursements not to exceed $101,000.00.
Monday’s special meeting is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. at the Hays County Historic Courthouse. Following Monday’s meeting, the commissioners court won’t meet until Jan. 7.
