Texas Tax Code

§ 11.1801 — CHARITY CARE AND COMMUNITY BENEFITS REQUIREMENTS FOR CHARITABLE HOSPITAL

TX § 11.1801Title 1. PROPERTY TAX CODE · Part C. TAXABLE PROPERTY AND EXEMPTIONS · Ch. 11. TAXABLE PROPERTY AND EXEMPTIONS · Art. B. EXEMPTIONS

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(a)To qualify as a charitable organization under Section 11.18(d)(1), a nonprofit hospital or hospital system must provide charity care and community benefits as follows:

(1)charity care and government-sponsored indigent health care must be provided at a level that is reasonable in relation to the community needs, as determined through the community needs assessment, the available resources of the hospital or hospital system, and the tax-exempt benefits received by the hospital or hospital system;

(2)charity care and government-sponsored indigent health care must be provided in an amount equal to at least four percent of the hospital's or hospital system's net patient revenue;

(3)charity care and government-sponsored indigent health care must be provided in an amount equal to at least 100 percent of the hospital's or hospital system's tax-exempt benefits, excluding federal income tax; or

(4)charity care and community benefits must be provided in a combined amount equal to at least five percent of the hospital's or hospital system's net patient revenue, provided that charity care and government-sponsored indigent health care are provided in an amount equal to at least four percent of net patient revenue.

(b)A nonprofit hospital that has been designated as a disproportionate share hospital under the state Medicaid program in the current year or in either of the previous two fiscal years shall be considered to have provided a reasonable amount of charity care and government-sponsored indigent health care and is considered to be in compliance with the standards in Subsection (a).

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Legislative history

Acts 1979, 66th Leg., p. 2236, ch. 841, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1980. Amended by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., 1st C.S., p. 127, ch. 13, Sec. 33, eff. Jan. 1, 1982; Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 2207, ch. 412, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984; Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 960, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986; Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 430, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1988; Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 407, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1992. Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 360, Sec. 5, eff. Sept. 1, 1993; Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 471, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1996; Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 781, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1995; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 715, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1998; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1039, Sec. 7, eff. Jan. 1, 1998; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1411, Sec. 1, eff. June 20, 1997; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 138, Sec. 1, eff. May 18, 1999; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 266, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2000; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 924, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2000; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1443, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 669, Sec. 118, eff. Sept. 1, 2001; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 18.001(a), eff. Sept. 1, 2001.