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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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elating to the eligibility of certain providers of laboratory |
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services for health and human services programs. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 531, Government Code, is amended by |
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adding Section 531.0058 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 531.0058. DIAGNOSTIC LABORATORY SERVICES. (a) |
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Regardless of where specific laboratory services are performed, or |
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where a laboratory is physically located, any provider of |
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diagnostic laboratory services shall be eligible to participate in |
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all health and human services programs as an in-state provider if |
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the provider, or its parent, subsidiary or affiliated company or |
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companies, individually or in the aggregate, maintain diagnostic |
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laboratory operations and employ at least 1000 persons within |
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Texas. |
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(b) This section does not impair the commission's authority |
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to refuse enrollment of a provider on the grounds that the provider |
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is otherwise unqualified for enrollment. |
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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, 2013. |