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House Bill 1697 |
House Author: Price et al. |
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Effective: 9-1-17 |
Senate Sponsor: Nelson |
House Bill 1697 amends the Government Code to require the Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC), with any necessary assistance of pediatric tele-specialty providers, to establish a pediatric tele-connectivity resource program for rural Texas to award grants to nonurban health care facilities to connect the facilities with pediatric specialists and pediatric subspecialists who provide telemedicine medical services. HHSC may not spend state funds to accomplish the bill's purposes and is not required to award a grant unless money is appropriated for the purpose.