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79R7223 MSE-D
By: Van de Putte S.B. No. 985
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.