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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a study and report of the feasibility of providing a |
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health passport to children receiving Medicaid or enrolled in the |
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state child health plan program. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. (a) In this section: |
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(1) "Child health plan program" means the state child |
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health plan program authorized by Chapter 62, Health and Safety |
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Code. |
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(2) "Medicaid" means the medical assistance program |
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provided under Chapter 32, Human Resources Code. |
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(b) The Health and Human Services Commission shall conduct a |
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study of the feasibility of providing a health passport for: |
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(1) children under 19 years of age who are receiving |
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Medicaid and are not provided a health passport under another law of |
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this state; and |
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(2) children enrolled in the child health plan |
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program. |
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(c) The feasibility study must: |
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(1) examine the cost-effectiveness of the use of a |
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health passport in conjunction with the coordination of health care |
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services under each program; |
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(2) identify any barriers to the implementation of the |
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health passport developed for each program and recommend strategies |
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for the removal of those barriers; |
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(3) examine whether the use of a health passport will |
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improve the quality of care for children described in Subsection |
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(b) of this section; and |
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(4) determine the fiscal impact to this state of the |
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proposed initiative. |
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(d) Not later than January 1, 2009, the Health and Human |
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Services Commission shall submit to the governor, lieutenant |
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governor, speaker of the house of representatives, and presiding |
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officers of each standing committee of the legislature with |
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jurisdiction over the commission a written report containing the |
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findings of the study and the commission's recommendations. |
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(e) This Act expires September 1, 2009. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |