Bill Text: TX SB55 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to a study of the use of a patient-reported outcomes registry in conjunction with health coverage for certain governmental employees.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-15 - Effective on 9/1/17 [SB55 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB55-Enrolled.html
| S.B. No. 55 | ||
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| relating to a study of the use of a patient-reported outcomes | ||
| registry in conjunction with health coverage for certain | ||
| governmental employees. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. STUDY; PATIENT-REPORTED OUTCOMES REGISTRIES FOR | ||
| CERTAIN CARE. The Teacher Retirement System of Texas and the | ||
| Employees Retirement System of Texas shall jointly conduct a study | ||
| of the benefits and disadvantages of establishing a | ||
| patient-reported outcomes registry for musculoskeletal care | ||
| provided under the plans of group coverage administered by the | ||
| systems under Chapters 1551, 1575, and 1579, Insurance Code. The | ||
| study conducted under this section must: | ||
| (1) identify the musculoskeletal conditions and | ||
| injuries that result in the highest cost for health care in the | ||
| plans of group coverage; | ||
| (2) identify the percentage of the total cost for | ||
| health care under the plans of group coverage that is spent for the | ||
| conditions and injuries described by Subdivision (1) of this | ||
| section; | ||
| (3) estimate the cost for the systems, or for the | ||
| entities administering the plans of group coverage on the systems' | ||
| behalf, to establish and administer a patient-reported outcomes | ||
| registry for musculoskeletal care; | ||
| (4) evaluate the potential benefits of a | ||
| patient-reported outcomes registry for musculoskeletal care for | ||
| the populations served by the plans of group coverage; and | ||
| (5) identify potential partners, such as a | ||
| collaborative partnership between medical schools and chiropractic | ||
| colleges located in this state, that could assist the systems in | ||
| establishing and administering a patient-reported outcomes | ||
| registry for musculoskeletal care. | ||
| SECTION 2. REPORT. Not later than December 1, 2018, the | ||
| Teacher Retirement System of Texas and the Employees Retirement | ||
| System of Texas shall report the results of the study conducted | ||
| under Section 1 of this Act to the speaker of the house of | ||
| representatives, the lieutenant governor, and the standing | ||
| committees of the house and the senate with jurisdiction over the | ||
| retirement systems and insurance. The report must: | ||
| (1) specify whether establishing one or more | ||
| patient-reported outcomes registries for musculoskeletal care | ||
| would be beneficial and effective; and | ||
| (2) be accompanied by recommendations for | ||
| legislation, if appropriate. | ||
| SECTION 3. EXPIRATION. Sections 1 and 2 of this Act and | ||
| this section expire September 1, 2019. | ||
| SECTION 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect September | ||
| 1, 2017. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 55 passed the Senate on | ||
| May 2, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 55 passed the House on | ||
| May 24, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 2, two | ||
| present not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
