79R495 MSE-D

By:  Delisi                                                       H.B. No. 794



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the establishment of an advisory committee on health 
care information technology.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  HEALTH CARE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ADVISORY 
COMMITTEE.  (a)  Not later than January 1, 2006, the executive 
commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission shall 
appoint an advisory committee on health care information 
technology.  The committee must include representatives of 
interested groups, including the academic community and 
associations of physicians, hospitals, and nurses.
	(b)  The advisory committee shall develop a long-range plan 
for health care information technology, including the use of 
electronic medical records, computerized clinical support systems, 
computerized physician order entry, regional data sharing 
interchanges for health care information, and other methods of 
incorporating information technology in pursuit of greater cost 
effectiveness and better patient outcomes in health care.
	(c)  Members of the advisory committee serve without 
compensation but are entitled to reimbursement for the member's 
travel expenses as provided by Chapter 660, Government Code, and 
the General Appropriations Act.
	(d)  Chapter 2110, Government Code, does not apply to the 
advisory committee.
	SECTION 2.  RECOMMENDATIONS.  The advisory committee on 
health care information technology shall deliver its 
recommendations to the legislature and the executive commissioner 
of the Health and Human Services Commission not later than 
September 1, 2006.
	SECTION 3.  EXPIRATION.  This Act expires and the advisory 
committee on health care information technology is abolished 
September 1, 2006.
	SECTION 4.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  This Act takes effect September 
1, 2005.