Sec. 300.0101.  HEARING.  (a)  In each year that the governing body of a local government authorizes a health care provider participation program under this chapter, the governing body shall hold a public hearing on the amounts of any mandatory payments that the governing body intends to require during the year and how the revenue derived from those payments is to be spent.
(b)  Not later than the fifth day before the date of the hearing required under Subsection (a), the governing body shall publish notice of the hearing in a newspaper of general circulation in the hospital district, county, or municipality, as applicable, and provide written notice of the hearing to the chief operating officer of each institutional health care provider located in the hospital district, county, or municipality, as applicable.
(c)  A representative of a paying hospital is entitled to appear at the time and place designated in the public notice and to be heard regarding any matter related to the mandatory payments authorized under this chapter.
Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 923 (H.B. 4289), Sec. 1, eff. June 10, 2019.