By Raymond H.B. No. 2348
77R7582 YDB-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the Texas Diabetes Care Pilot Program.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Article 1, Chapter 1285, Acts of the 75th
1-5 Legislature, Regular Session, 1997, is amended to read as follows:
1-6 ARTICLE 1. TEXAS DIABETES CARE PILOT PROGRAM
1-7 SECTION 1.01. In this article:
1-8 (1) "Commission" means the Health and Human Services
1-9 Commission.
1-10 (2) "Council" means the Texas Diabetes Council.
1-11 (3) "Program" means the Texas Diabetes Care Pilot
1-12 Program established under this article.
1-13 SECTION 1.02. (a) The Health and Human Services Commission
1-14 by rule shall develop a Texas Diabetes Care Pilot Program for
1-15 [initial] implementation in counties, selected by the commission,
1-16 with a high incidence of and a high death rate from diabetes. The
1-17 selected counties must include border region counties selected by
1-18 the commission.
1-19 (b) The program shall provide continuous care, including
1-20 preventive services such as structured outpatient diabetes
1-21 education, nutrition counseling, and case management, to Medicaid
1-22 recipients who have diabetes-related conditions. [In developing
1-23 the program, the commission shall consider the program operated in
1-24 1993 and 1994 in Maryland.]
2-1 (c) The council [Texas Diabetes Council] shall administer
2-2 the program under the direction of the commission.
2-3 (d) The [Except as provided by Section 1.04 of this article,
2-4 the] commission and the council shall implement the program in the
2-5 border region counties and other counties selected by the
2-6 commission, not later than November 1, 2001 [1997].
2-7 SECTION 1.03. (a) Not later than September 1, 2002 [1998],
2-8 the commission shall submit an interim written report to the
2-9 lieutenant governor and the speaker of the house of representatives
2-10 on the effectiveness, including the cost-effectiveness, of the
2-11 program.
2-12 (b) Not later than September 1, 2003 [1999], the commission
2-13 shall submit a final written report to the lieutenant governor and
2-14 the speaker of the house of representatives on the effectiveness,
2-15 including the cost-effectiveness, of the program.
2-16 SECTION 1.04. [If before implementing this article the
2-17 commission determines that a waiver or authorization from a federal
2-18 agency is necessary for implementation, the commission shall
2-19 request the waiver or authorization and may delay implementing this
2-20 section until the waiver or authorization is granted.]
2-21 [SECTION 1.05.] This article expires September 1, 2005
2-22 [2001].
2-23 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a
2-24 vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
2-25 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
2-26 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
2-27 Act takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of the
3-1 legislative session.