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Amend Amendment No. 14 to CSSB 23 by Orr (prefiled amendment packet, page 8) by striking the text of the amendment and substituting the following:
Amend CSSB 23 (house committee printing) as follows:
(1) In SECTION 3(b) of the bill, adding Section 533.0029, Government Code (page 8, line 19), between "MEDICAL" and "HOMES", insert "AND HEALTH".
(2) In SECTION 3(b) of the bill, strike Section 533.0029(a), Government Code (page 8, line 19 through page 9, line 22), and substitute the following:
(a) For purposes of this section:
(1) "Patient-centered health home" means a health care relationship:
(A) between a primary health care provider, other than a physician, and a child or adult patient in which the provider:
(i) provides comprehensive primary care to the patient; and
(ii) facilitates partnerships between the provider, the patient, physicians and other health care providers, including acute care providers, and, when appropriate, the patient's family; and
(B) that encompasses the following primary principles:
(i) the patient has an ongoing relationship with the provider, and the provider is the first contact for the patient and provides continuous and comprehensive care to the patient;
(ii) the provider coordinates a team of individuals at the practice level who are collectively responsible for the ongoing care of the patient;
(iii) the provider is responsible for providing all of the care the patient needs or for coordinating with physicians or other qualified providers to provide care to the patient throughout the patient's life, including preventive care, acute care, chronic care, and end-of-life care;
(iv) the patient's care is coordinated across health care facilities and the patient's community and is facilitated by registries, information technology, and health information exchange systems to ensure that the patient receives care when and where the patient wants and needs the care and in a culturally and linguistically appropriate manner; and
(v) quality and safe care is provided.
(2) "Patient-centered medical home" means a medical relationship:
(A) between a primary care physician and a child or adult patient in which the physician:
(i) provides comprehensive primary care to the patient; and
(ii) facilitates partnerships between the physician, the patient, acute care and other care providers, and, when appropriate, the patient's family; and
(B) that encompasses the following primary principles:
(i) the patient has an ongoing relationship with the physician, who is trained to be the first contact for the patient and to provide continuous and comprehensive care to the patient;
(ii) the physician leads a team of individuals at the practice level who are collectively responsible for the ongoing care of the patient;
(iii) the physician is responsible for providing all of the care the patient needs or for coordinating with other qualified providers to provide care to the patient throughout the patient's life, including preventive care, acute care, chronic care, and end-of-life care;
(iv) the patient's care is coordinated across health care facilities and the patient's community and is facilitated by registries, information technology, and health information exchange systems to ensure that the patient receives care when and where the patient wants and needs the care and in a culturally and linguistically appropriate manner; and
(v) quality and safe care is provided.
(3) In SECTION 3(b) of the bill, adding Section 533.0029(b)(1), Government Code (page 9, line 26), between "medical" and "homes", insert "or health".
(4) In SECTION 3(b) of the bill, adding Section 533.0029(b)(2), Government Code (page 10, line 1), between "medical" and "home", insert "or health".
(5) In SECTION 3(k) of the bill (page 21, line 23), between "medical" and "homes", insert "or health".