Bill Text: TX HB3781 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Comm Sub
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Bill Title: Relating to the creation of the Texas Health Improvement Network.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2015-06-19 - Effective immediately [HB3781 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB3781-Comm_Sub.html
Bill Title: Relating to the creation of the Texas Health Improvement Network.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2015-06-19 - Effective immediately [HB3781 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB3781-Comm_Sub.html
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By: Crownover, Coleman | H.B. No. 3781 | ||
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By: Crownover | C.S.H.B. No. 3781 |
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relating to the creation of the Texas Health Improvement Network. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subtitle E, Title 2, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended by adding Chapter 118 to read as follows: | ||
CHAPTER 118. TEXAS HEALTH IMPROVEMENT NETWORK | ||
SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS | ||
Sec. 118.001. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "network" means | ||
the Texas Health Improvement Network established under this | ||
chapter. | ||
SUBCHAPTER B. NETWORK | ||
Sec. 118.051. ESTABLISHMENT; PURPOSE. (a) The Texas | ||
Health Improvement Network is established to address urgent health | ||
care challenges and improve the health care system in this state and | ||
the nation and to develop, based on population health research, | ||
health care initiatives, policies, and best practices. | ||
(b) The purpose of the network is to: | ||
(1) reduce the per capita costs of health care; | ||
(2) improve the individual experience of health care, | ||
including the quality of care and patient satisfaction; and | ||
(3) improve the health of residents of this state. | ||
Sec. 118.052. COMPOSITION OF NETWORK. The network consists | ||
of faculty of general academic and health-related public and | ||
private institutions of higher education in this state with | ||
expertise in: | ||
(1) general public health and other medical fields; | ||
(2) mental health; | ||
(3) nursing; | ||
(4) pharmacy; | ||
(5) social work; | ||
(6) health economics; | ||
(7) health policy and law; | ||
(8) epidemiology; | ||
(9) biostatistics; | ||
(10) health informatics; | ||
(11) health services research; | ||
(12) engineering; and | ||
(13) computer science. | ||
Sec. 118.053. DUTIES. (a) The network shall establish as | ||
its primary goals: | ||
(1) evaluating and eliminating health disparities in | ||
this state, including racial, ethnic, geographic, and | ||
income-related or education-related disparities; and | ||
(2) health care cost containment and the economic | ||
analysis of health policy. | ||
(b) The network shall: | ||
(1) function as an incubator and evaluator of health | ||
improvement practices; and | ||
(2) support local communities in this state by | ||
offering leadership training, data analytics, community health | ||
assessments, and grant writing support to local communities. | ||
Sec. 118.054. ADMINISTRATIVE ATTACHMENT TO THE UNIVERSITY | ||
OF TEXAS SYSTEM. (a) The network is administratively attached to | ||
The University of Texas System. | ||
(b) The University of Texas System shall administer and | ||
coordinate the network and provide administrative support to the | ||
network as necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter. | ||
Sec. 118.055. GIFTS AND GRANTS. The network may accept and | ||
administer gifts and grants to fund the network from an individual, | ||
corporation, trust, or foundation or the federal government, | ||
subject to any limitations or conditions imposed by law. | ||
Sec. 118.056. FUNDING FOR PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS. (a) Money | ||
received by the network may be used to fund: | ||
(1) demonstration and pilot projects using an | ||
established peer-reviewed award process; and | ||
(2) internships and other educational programs to | ||
prepare the health care workforce to improve population health. | ||
(b) The network shall give priority to funding projects that | ||
are multidisciplinary and offer multi-institutional collaboration. | ||
Sec. 118.057. REPORT. The network shall report the results | ||
of the network's efforts, findings, and projects, including | ||
projects, internships, and educational programs funded under | ||
Section 118.056, to the legislature, state and federal partners, | ||
and other interested entities. | ||
SUBCHAPTER C. ADVISORY COUNCIL | ||
Sec. 118.101. ADVISORY COUNCIL. The network shall | ||
establish an advisory council to advise the network on the health | ||
care needs of this state. | ||
Sec. 118.102. COMPOSITION OF ADVISORY COUNCIL. The | ||
advisory council is composed of: | ||
(1) members who are appointed by an executive officer | ||
of The University of Texas System and nominated by participants in | ||
the network and who are: | ||
(A) state and national leaders in population | ||
health; | ||
(B) experts in traditional public health and | ||
medical fields; and | ||
(C) leaders in the fields of behavioral health, | ||
business, insurance, philanthropy, education, and health law and | ||
policy; | ||
(2) representatives from each of the following | ||
entities, selected by an executive officer of the entity: | ||
(A) The University of Texas System; | ||
(B) The Texas A&M University System; | ||
(C) the University of North Texas System; | ||
(D) the Texas Tech University System; and | ||
(E) the Baylor College of Medicine; and | ||
(3) representatives from the department and the | ||
commission, selected by the executive head of the agency. | ||
Sec. 118.103. TERMS. Members of the advisory council serve | ||
staggered three-year terms, with the terms of one-third of the | ||
members expiring on January 1 of each year. | ||
Sec. 118.104. PRESIDING OFFICER. The executive officer of | ||
The University of Texas System who appoints members to the advisory | ||
council shall appoint a presiding officer from among the members to | ||
serve a one-year term. | ||
Sec. 118.105. MEETINGS. The advisory council shall meet at | ||
the call of the presiding officer or at other times that the council | ||
determines are necessary or appropriate. | ||
Sec. 118.106. COMPENSATION AND REIMBURSEMENT. A member of | ||
the advisory council may not receive compensation for service on | ||
the advisory council but may be reimbursed for travel expenses | ||
incurred by the member while conducting the business of the | ||
advisory council, if funds are available for that purpose, as | ||
provided by the General Appropriations Act. | ||
Sec. 118.107. APPLICABILITY OF OTHER LAW. Chapter 2110, | ||
Government Code, does not apply to the advisory council. | ||
SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date | ||
of this Act, The University of Texas System shall establish the | ||
Texas Health Improvement Network as required by Chapter 118, Health | ||
and Safety Code, as added by this Act. | ||
SECTION 3. 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, 2015. |