79R495 MSE-D
By: Nelson S.B. No. 45
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.