Hospital District on Ballot

Voters in Medina County in South Texas will go to the polls at a special election on June 16 to establish a hospital district. If approved, the district could issue bonds supported by a levy of up to 10 cents per $100 of assessed property value to support Medina Regional Hospital.

If the referendum passes, a seven-member board would be elected in 2010 to oversee the district. A similar measure was defeated in 2000.

The Hondo Hospital Authority, which was formed in 2002 to operate the city-owned 25-bed hospital, would serve as the interim district board if the referendum passes.

The hospital district would take over the county’s indigent health care program, which costs about $800,000 a year.

The indigent care program currently receives revenues generated by five cents of the county’s tax rate. The Hospital Authority said it would limit its levy to five cents per $100, which would result in no tax increase in the county. 

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