Bill Text: TX HB2459 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to health care information submitted to the Department of State Health Services.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-05-12 - Placed on General State Calendar [HB2459 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB2459-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to health care information submitted to the Department of State Health Services.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-05-12 - Placed on General State Calendar [HB2459 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB2459-Introduced.html
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By: King of Taylor | H.B. No. 2459 |
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relating to health care information submitted to the Department of | ||
State Health Services. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 108.009, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (d-1) to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) The council may collect, and, except as provided by | ||
Subsections (c), [ |
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the council or another entity as determined by the council, all data | ||
required by this section. The data shall be collected according to | ||
uniform submission formats, coding systems, and other technical | ||
specifications necessary to make the incoming data substantially | ||
valid, consistent, compatible, and manageable using electronic | ||
data processing, if available. | ||
(d-1) A provider may elect not to participate in the data | ||
collection program under Subsection (a). The executive | ||
commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission by rule | ||
shall establish procedures for making the election authorized by | ||
this subsection. | ||
SECTION 2. Chapter 108, Health and Safety Code, is amended | ||
by adding Section 108.0131 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 108.0131. NOTICE REQUIRED. (a) A provider who submits | ||
data under Section 108.009 shall provide notice to the provider's | ||
patients that: | ||
(1) the provider submits data as required by this | ||
chapter; and | ||
(2) the data may be sold or distributed to third | ||
parties. | ||
(b) The department shall post on the department's Internet | ||
website a list of each entity that purchases or receives data | ||
collected under this chapter. | ||
SECTION 3. Not later than December 31, 2011, the executive | ||
commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission shall | ||
adopt rules as required by Section 108.009(d-1), Health and Safety | ||
Code, as added by this Act, establishing procedures to allow health | ||
care providers to make the election authorized by that subsection. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |