Enrolled Bill Summary

House Bill 3414	House Author:  Oliverson et al.
Effective:  6-11-23	Senate Sponsor:  Hancock

            House Bill 3414 amends the Insurance Code to revise provisions relating to the Texas all payor claims database in the following manner:

·        classifies a health benefit plan providing basic coverage under the State University Employees Uniform Insurance Benefits Act as a payor for purposes of those database provisions;

·        adds one member representing an institution of higher education to the stakeholder advisory group for the Center for Healthcare Data at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston;

·        prohibits the center from requiring a payor to collect or otherwise obtain from individuals covered by the payor data that is not included in a standard claim form unless the data is otherwise collected by the payor;

·        provides an application process for an entity seeking to access data or information in the database that is not accessible through the public access portal;

·        removes the prohibition against a qualified research entity using the information that is contained in the database but not in the portal for a commercial purpose and instead authorizes such an entity with access to that information to report or publish data or information that identifies one or more health care providers or mandatory payors conditioned on the report or publication being made available to the public at no cost; and

·        expands the information that must be included in the center's report to the legislature.