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Senate Bill 277 |
Senate Author: Schwertner |
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Effective: See below |
House Sponsor: Sheffield |
Effective September 1, 2015, Senate Bill 277 amends and repeals provisions of the Government Code, Health and Safety Code, Human Resources Code, Insurance Code, and Code of Criminal Procedure to abolish the Interagency Task Force on Electronic Benefits Transfers, the Medicaid and Public Assistance Fraud Oversight Task Force, the Advisory Committee on Inpatient Mental Health Services, the Interagency Inspection Task Force, the local authority network advisory committee, the Worksite Wellness Advisory Board, the Sickle Cell Advisory Committee, the Arthritis Advisory Committee, the Advisory Panel on Health Care-Associated Infections and Preventable Adverse Events, the Youth Camp Training Advisory Committee, the Drug Demand Reduction Advisory Committee, the Texas Medical Child Abuse Resources and Education System (MEDCARES) Advisory Committee, the Texas Institute of Health Care Quality and Efficiency, and the stakeholder workgroup established in connection with the jail-based restoration of competency pilot program.
Effective January 1, 2016, the bill amends and repeals provisions of the Family Code, Government Code, Health and Safety Code, Human Resources Code, and Insurance Code to abolish the advisory committee on Medicaid and child health plan program rate and expenditure disparities, the Advisory Committee on Qualifications for Health Care Translators and Interpreters, the Behavioral Health Integration Advisory Committee, the Consumer Direction Work Group, the Council on Children and Families, the Electronic Health Information Exchange System Advisory Committee, the Guardianship Advisory Board, the hospital payment advisory committee, the Interagency Coordinating Council for HIV and Hepatitis, the Medicaid and CHIP Quality-Based Payment Advisory Committee, each Medicaid managed care advisory committee appointed for a health care service region under certain Government Code provisions, the Public Assistance Health Benefit Review and Design Committee, the renewing our communities account advisory committee, the STAR + PLUS Nursing Facility Advisory Committee, the STAR + PLUS Quality Council, the state Medicaid managed care advisory committee, the task force on domestic violence, the Interagency Task Force for Children With Special Needs, the telemedicine and telehealth advisory committee, the board of directors of the Texas Institute of Health Care Quality and Efficiency, the Texas Traumatic Brain Injury Advisory Council, and the volunteer advocate program advisory committee. Among other provisions, the bill creates the Drug Utilization Review Board, specifies that the interagency task force on ensuring appropriate care settings for persons with disabilities is abolished September 1, 2017, and sets out provisions governing the authority of the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission to establish and maintain certain health and human services advisory committees.