| TO: | Honorable Lois W. Kolkhorst, Chair, House Committee on Public Health |
| FROM: | John S O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
| IN RE: | HB1621 by Truitt (relating to the licensing and regulation of diagnostic imaging facilities and fluoroscopy-guided pain management procedure centers; providing penalties.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted |
The bill would add a chapter to the Health and Safety Code requiring the Department of State Health Services (DSHS) to license and regulate diagnostic imaging facilities and fluoroscopy-guided pain management procedure centers; exemptions are provided.
The bill would require that the executive commissioner of HHSC to adopt rules necessary to implement the chapter no later than January 1, 2012. A facility would not be required to hold a license under the chapter until March 1, 2012. Subchapters relating to general enforcement and administrative penalties would take effect September 1, 2012; otherwise, the bill would take effect September 1, 2011.
This legislation would do one or more of the following: create or recreate a dedicated account in the General Revenue Fund, create or recreate a special or trust fund either with or outside of the Treasury, or create a dedicated revenue source. The fund, account, or revenue dedication included in this bill would be subject to funds consolidation review by the current legislature.
According to DSHS, the bill exempts all facilities that would be licensed under the provisions of the bill. It is assumed the adoption of rules would be accomplished using existing resources.
| Source Agencies: | 537 State Health Services, Department of
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| LBB Staff: | JOB, CL, VJC, SD, MB, NB
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