1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the study of disease management programs for children's
1-3 asthma and to the establishment of an asthma and allergy research
1-4 advisory committee.
1-5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-6 SECTION 1. Subtitle D, Title 2, Health and Safety Code, is
1-7 amended by adding Chapter 95 to read as follows:
1-8 CHAPTER 95. CHILDREN'S ASTHMA DISEASE MANAGEMENT PILOT STUDY
1-9 Sec. 95.001. CHILDREN'S ASTHMA DISEASE MANAGEMENT PILOT
1-10 STUDY. (a) The department by rule shall establish a pilot study
1-11 to compare preventative disease management methods for treating
1-12 children's asthma with traditional methods of treating the disease.
1-13 (b) The department shall conduct the pilot study in six
1-14 areas of the state, in urban and rural settings.
1-15 (c) In conducting the pilot study the department shall use
1-16 disease management techniques that are transferable to private
1-17 practice and to other geographical areas of the state.
1-18 (d) The pilot study may measure the following outcomes:
1-19 (1) school absenteeism;
1-20 (2) hospitalization;
1-21 (3) frequency of asthma symptoms;
1-22 (4) impact of the disease on the family; and
1-23 (5) economic effects of the disease, including:
1-24 (A) income lost by parents as a result of days
2-1 missed from work; and
2-2 (B) income lost by schools as a result of
2-3 student absenteeism.
2-4 (e) In conducting the pilot study, the department may use
2-5 the expertise of an academic institution or nonprofit organization.
2-6 (f) The department may use prospective simulation-based
2-7 analysis to project the outcomes in Subsection (d).
2-8 Sec. 95.002. REPORT. (a) Not later than November 1, 2002,
2-9 the department shall submit to the legislature an interim written
2-10 report containing the findings of the pilot study.
2-11 (b) Not later than November 1, 2003, the department shall
2-12 submit to the legislature a final written report containing the
2-13 findings of the pilot study and the department's recommendations.
2-14 Sec. 95.003. EXPIRATION DATE. This chapter expires September
2-15 1, 2005.
2-16 SECTION 2. (a) The commissioner of public health shall
2-17 establish an asthma and allergy research advisory committee.
2-18 (b) The asthma and allergy research advisory committee is
2-19 composed of nine members appointed by the governor, in consultation
2-20 with the lieutenant governor and the speaker of the house of
2-21 representatives.
2-22 (c) The governor shall select members of the asthma and
2-23 allergy research advisory committee based on the members'
2-24 experience, expertise, or special interest in asthma and allergy
2-25 and:
2-26 (1) asthma and allergy education;
2-27 (2) indoor air quality;
3-1 (3) the public school system and its dealings with
3-2 children with asthma and an allergy;
3-3 (4) epidemiology;
3-4 (5) pharmacology;
3-5 (6) parenting a child with asthma or an allergy; or
3-6 (7) immunology.
3-7 (d) The commissioner of public health shall select a member
3-8 of the asthma and allergy research advisory committee to serve as
3-9 the presiding officer of the committee. The presiding officer may
3-10 not be an officer or employee of the state.
3-11 (e) The asthma and allergy research advisory committee
3-12 shall:
3-13 (1) develop a plan to research asthma and allergy and
3-14 medical conditions associated with asthma and allergy in this
3-15 state;
3-16 (2) assess the resources and talent of institutions in
3-17 this state as possible sites for research opportunities;
3-18 (3) analyze the impact of asthma and allergy on the
3-19 economy of this state and on the health of the residents of this
3-20 state;
3-21 (4) make recommendations to the legislature and
3-22 governor concerning research programs in asthma and allergy and
3-23 funding alternatives for the programs; and
3-24 (5) advise the Health and Human Services Commission in
3-25 conducting the children's asthma disease management pilot program
3-26 under Chapter 95, Health and Safety Code, as added by this Act.
3-27 (f) The asthma and allergy research advisory committee shall
4-1 meet at least four times as determined by the presiding officer. A
4-2 professional facilitator with experience in strategic planning
4-3 shall facilitate meetings of the committee.
4-4 (g) A member of the asthma and allergy research advisory
4-5 committee may not receive compensation for service on the committee
4-6 but is entitled to reimbursement for reasonable and necessary
4-7 travel expenses incurred by the member while conducting the
4-8 business of the committee as provided by general law and the
4-9 General Appropriations Act.
4-10 (h) Not later than December 1, 2002, the commissioner of
4-11 public health shall submit a report prepared by the committee to
4-12 the governor, lieutenant governor, and speaker of the house of
4-13 representatives regarding asthma and allergy that comprehensively
4-14 addresses the issues listed in Subsection (e) of this section.
4-15 SECTION 3. (a) The governor shall appoint members to the
4-16 asthma and allergy research advisory committee not later than the
4-17 90th day after the effective date of this Act.
4-18 (b) The asthma and allergy research advisory committee is
4-19 abolished January 1, 2003.
4-20 (c) This section and Section 2 of this Act requiring the
4-21 establishment of the asthma and allergy research advisory committee
4-22 expire September 1, 2003.
4-23 SECTION 4. If before implementing Section 1 of this Act the
4-24 Texas Department of Health determines that a waiver or
4-25 authorization from a federal agency is necessary for
4-26 implementation, the appropriate department shall request the waiver
4-27 or authorization and may delay implementing those provisions until
5-1 the waiver or authorization is granted.
5-2 SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
_______________________________ _______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 342 was passed by the House on March
29, 2001, by a non-record vote; and that the House concurred in
Senate amendments to H.B. No. 342 on May 24, 2001, by a non-record
vote.
_______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 342 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 21, 2001, by a viva-voce vote.
_______________________________
Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________________
Date
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Governor