Sec. 403.1066.  PERMANENT HOSPITAL FUND FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS AND THE TEXAS CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE.  (a)  The permanent hospital fund for capital improvements and the Texas Center for Infectious Disease is a dedicated account in the general revenue fund.  The fund is composed of:
(1)  money transferred to the fund at the direction of the legislature;
(2)  payments of interest and principal on loans and fees collected under this section;
(3)  gifts and grants contributed to the fund;  and
(4)  the available earnings of the fund determined in accordance with Section 403.1068.
(b)  Except as provided by Subsections (c), (d), (e), and (i), the money in the fund may not be appropriated for any purpose.
(c)  The available earnings of the fund may be appropriated to the Department of State Health Services for the purpose of providing services at a public health hospital as defined by Section 13.033, Health and Safety Code, and grants, loans, or loan guarantees to public or nonprofit community hospitals with 125 beds or fewer located in an urban area of the state.
(d)  The comptroller may solicit and accept gifts and grants to the fund.  A gift or grant to the fund may be appropriated in the same manner as available earnings of the fund, subject to any limitation or requirement placed on the gift or grant by the donor or granting entity.
(e)  Money in the fund may also be appropriated to pay any amount of money that the federal government determines that the state should repay to the federal government or that the federal government should recoup from the state in the event of national legislation regarding the subject matter of the case styled The State of Texas v. The American Tobacco Co., et al., No. 5-96CV-91, in the United States District Court, Eastern District of Texas.
(f)  The Texas Board of Health may adopt rules governing any grant, loan, or loan guarantee program established under this section.
(g)  A hospital eligible to receive a grant, loan, or loan guarantee under Subchapter G, Chapter 106, Health and Safety Code, is not eligible to receive a grant, loan, or loan guarantee under this section.
(h)  Sections 403.095 and 404.071 do not apply to the fund.
(i)  The department may direct the comptroller to temporarily transfer money appropriated under Subsection (c) to pay an obligation that the department is authorized to incur under and for which money is appropriated under Section 403.105(c), 403.1055(c), or 403.106(c) if the department determines that the transfer is necessary for cash management purposes.  As soon as possible after the transfer but not later than the 90th day after the date of the transfer, the department shall direct the comptroller to transfer back the transferred amount from amounts appropriated under Section 403.105(c), 403.1055(c), or 403.106(c), as applicable, to the appropriation item for Subsection (c).
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1391, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 31, 1999.  Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1182, Sec. 4, eff. June 15, 2001;  Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 198, Sec. 2.205, 2.206, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Amended by: 
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 2.001, eff. April 2, 2015.