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AN ACT
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relating to a study regarding the provision of certain medications |
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through the Medicaid vendor drug program to children younger than |
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16 years of age. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 531, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 531.0731 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 531.0731. STUDY REGARDING THE PROVISION OF CERTAIN |
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MEDICATION TO CHILDREN. (a) The commission shall conduct a study |
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to determine the appropriateness and safety of providing |
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antipsychotic or neuroleptic medication through the Medicaid |
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vendor drug program to children younger than 16 years of age. |
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(b) The study conducted under Subsection (a) must consider |
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the following factors relevant to the appropriateness and safety of |
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providing the medications to children: |
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(1) the physical and psychological medical diagnosis |
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of a child's condition; |
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(2) whether the United States Food and Drug |
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Administration has approved a medication for use by a child of a |
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certain age; |
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(3) whether a child has successfully taken a |
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medication previously; |
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(4) access to quality medical care for a child |
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receiving benefits under the program; |
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(5) the standard of care in the medical profession |
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regarding the provision of such medications to a child; and |
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(6) any other factor the commission considers |
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relevant. |
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(c) Not later than November 10, 2010, the executive |
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commissioner shall submit a report containing the results of the |
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study conducted under Subsection (a) to the governor, the |
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lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, |
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and the chairs of the Senate Committee on Health and Human Services |
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and the House Committee on Public Health. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2163 was passed by the House on May |
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15, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 135, Nays 4, 1 present, not |
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voting; that the House refused to concur in Senate amendments to |
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H.B. No. 2163 on May 29, 2009, and requested the appointment of a |
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conference committee to consider the differences between the two |
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houses; and that the House adopted the conference committee report |
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on H.B. No. 2163 on May 31, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 147, |
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Nays 0, 1 present, not voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2163 was passed by the Senate, with |
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amendments, on May 25, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays |
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0; at the request of the House, the Senate appointed a conference |
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committee to consider the differences between the two houses; and |
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that the Senate adopted the conference committee report on H.B. No. |
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2163 on May 31, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: __________________ |
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Governor |