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a Copy of the 2000-2001 Report
Includes both proceedings and background papers on the
issues discussed at the March 2001 confererence held at
the LBJ School of Public Affairs.
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Reserve
a Copy of the 2001-2002 Report!
You may send
an e-mail request If you know that you would like a copy
of the 2001-2002 report. We will contact you when the report
becomes available.
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County
Survey
The following survey questions were sent to all 254
Texas counties in November 2001:
Identify
county: ___________________
1. Check all that apply:
Operate
County Indigent Health Care Program (CIHCP) ___
Operate
Public Hospital (PH) ___
Hospital
District (HD) ___
2. Estimated number of uninsured in county (FY 2000)?
_________________
Source:
Estimation
_________
Survey
data (name survey) ___________
1999
Census _________
2000
Census _________
Other
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3. Percent of FPL served: _____________________
4. How is indigent health care money currently spent
in your county/district? (types of care - physician
services, home health, supplies, prescriptions, inpatient
care, et cetera; provider types; amount spent on each
if available).
5. If Hospital District, how much of hospital tax goes
for DSH match? How is the rest of the revenue spent?
6. Identify any unmet health care needs of uninsured
in the county.
7. Describe the ideal indigent care system for the county;
for the state (include funding streams, program components,
etc.).
8. Do you think the resources in your community are
adequate to fund the requirement for indigent health
care in your community? Explain.
9. Should counties be responsible for providing indigent
health care? Explain.
10. Would the county be willing to contribute existing
tax funds (or a portion) cooperatively with other counties/hospital
districts in order to provide matching money to draw
down federal funding to expand Medicaid coverage to
populations (in whole or in part) currently receiving
services through counties? If the state were to absolve
the county of its mandate to provide indigent heath
care services, but require proportional (need-based)
county contribution, would this effect the response?
How?
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