1-1 By: McClendon, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Van de Putte) H.B. No. 342 1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House April 2, 2001; 1-3 April 3, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on Health 1-4 and Human Services; May 7, 2001, reported adversely, with favorable 1-5 Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; 1-6 May 7, 2001, sent to printer.) 1-7 COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 342 By: Madla 1-8 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-9 AN ACT 1-10 relating to the study of disease management programs for children's 1-11 asthma. 1-12 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-13 SECTION 1. Subtitle D, Title 2, Health and Safety Code, is 1-14 amended by adding Chapter 95 to read as follows: 1-15 CHAPTER 95. CHILDREN'S ASTHMA DISEASE MANAGEMENT PILOT STUDY 1-16 Sec. 95.001. CHILDREN'S ASTHMA DISEASE MANAGEMENT PILOT 1-17 STUDY. (a) The department by rule shall establish a pilot study 1-18 to compare preventative disease management methods for treating 1-19 children's asthma with traditional methods of treating the disease. 1-20 (b) The department shall conduct the pilot study in six 1-21 areas of the state, in urban and rural settings. 1-22 (c) In conducting the pilot study the department shall use 1-23 disease management techniques that are transferable to private 1-24 practice and to other geographical areas of the state. 1-25 (d) The pilot study may measure the following outcomes: 1-26 (1) school absenteeism; 1-27 (2) hospitalization; 1-28 (3) frequency of asthma symptoms; 1-29 (4) impact of the disease on the family; and 1-30 (5) economic effects of the disease, including: 1-31 (A) income lost by parents as a result of days 1-32 missed from work; and 1-33 (B) income lost by schools as a result of 1-34 student absenteeism. 1-35 (e) In conducting the pilot study, the department may use 1-36 the expertise of an academic institution or nonprofit organization. 1-37 (f) The department may use prospective simulation-based 1-38 analysis to project the outcomes in Subsection (d). 1-39 Sec. 95.002. REPORT. (a) Not later than November 1, 2002, 1-40 the department shall submit to the legislature an interim written 1-41 report containing the findings of the pilot study. 1-42 (b) Not later than November 1, 2003, the department shall 1-43 submit to the legislature a final written report containing the 1-44 findings of the pilot study and the department's recommendations. 1-45 Sec. 95.003. EXPIRATION DATE. This chapter expires September 1-46 1, 2005. 1-47 SECTION 2. If before implementing Section 1 of this Act the 1-48 Texas Department of Health determines that a waiver or 1-49 authorization from a federal agency is necessary for 1-50 implementation, the appropriate department shall request the waiver 1-51 or authorization and may delay implementing those provisions until 1-52 the waiver or authorization is granted. 1-53 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001. 1-54 * * * * *