Bill Text: TX HB3687 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to the provision of and funding for certain primary health care services; repealing a fee.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2013-05-09 - Referred to Health & Human Services [HB3687 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB3687-Engrossed.html
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By: Naishtat | H.B. No. 3687 |
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relating to the provision of and funding for certain primary health | ||
care services; repealing a fee. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Sections 31.002(a)(1), (3), and (4), Health and | ||
Safety Code, are amended to read as follows: | ||
(1) "Facility" includes an entity providing primary [ |
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(3) "Other benefit" means a benefit, other than a | ||
benefit provided under this chapter, to which an individual is | ||
entitled for payment of the costs of primary health care services, | ||
including benefits available from: | ||
(A) an insurance policy, group health plan, or | ||
prepaid medical care plan; | ||
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seq., or Section 1397aa et seq.); or | ||
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state law, or by an ordinance or rule of a municipality or political | ||
subdivision of the state, excluding benefits created by the | ||
establishment of a municipal or county hospital, a joint | ||
municipal-county hospital, a county hospital authority, a hospital | ||
district, or the facilities of a publicly supported medical | ||
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(4) "Primary health care services" may include | ||
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(A) a health service related to family, internal, | ||
pediatric, obstetric, or gynecological medicine that is provided by | ||
a physician, physician assistant, or advanced practice registered | ||
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(B) diagnostic laboratory and radiological | ||
services; | ||
(C) emergency medical services; | ||
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(i) prenatal and perinatal services; | ||
(ii) appropriate cancer screening; | ||
(iii) well-child services; | ||
(iv) immunizations against diseases that are | ||
preventable by vaccines; | ||
(v) screenings for elevated blood levels, | ||
communicable diseases, and cholesterol levels; | ||
(vi) pediatric eye, ear, and dental | ||
screenings to determine the need for vision and hearing correction | ||
and dental care; and | ||
(vii) preventive dental services; | ||
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supplies, as appropriate; | ||
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services. | ||
SECTION 2. Sections 31.003(c), (d), (e), (f), and (g), | ||
Health and Safety Code, are amended to read as follows: | ||
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factors relating to the types of services provided, to the extent | ||
possible the statewide coverage of the services, and the | ||
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services. | ||
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Subsection (c) relating to the services provided, to the extent | ||
possible the statewide coverage of the services, [ |
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Subsection (c) relating to the types of services provided according | ||
to the set of service priorities established under this subsection. | ||
Initial service priorities shall focus on the funding of, provision | ||
of, and access to: | ||
(1) health services related to family, internal, | ||
pediatric, obstetric, or gynecological medicine that is provided by | ||
a physician, physician assistant, or advanced practice registered | ||
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(2) emergency medical services; | ||
(3) family planning services; | ||
(4) preventive health services, including | ||
immunizations; | ||
(5) health education; and | ||
(6) laboratory, X-ray, [ |
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appropriate diagnostic services. | ||
(f) Except as limited by this section, the department shall | ||
develop an integrated framework for the equitable provision of | ||
services throughout the state and shall use existing public and | ||
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(g) The department shall ensure that an approved service | ||
provider makes every reasonable effort to collect appropriate | ||
reimbursement for its costs in providing primary health care | ||
services to persons who are entitled to receive other benefits | ||
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SECTION 3. Section 31.012(a), Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
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approved providers to charge a reasonable copayment for services | ||
provided in accordance with Subchapter D, Chapter 12. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |