79R7223 MSE-D

By:  Naishtat                                                     H.B. No. 3454



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to requiring hospitals to report the percentage of 
emergency room patients who are uninsured to the Department of 
State Health Services.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 108.009, Health and Safety Code, is 
amended by adding Subsection (p) to read as follows:
	(p)  Data collected under this section from a hospital must 
include health care data elements relating to the percentage of 
patients examined or treated in the hospital's emergency room who 
are insured and the percentage who are uninsured.
	SECTION 2.  Not later than December 1, 2005, the executive 
commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission shall 
adopt rules relating to data submission requirements as required by 
Section 108.009, Health and Safety Code, as amended by this Act.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.