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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a report concerning health care providers participating |
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in the breast and cervical cancer services program, the family |
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planning program, and the Texas women's health program. |
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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 531.02222 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 531.02222. REPORT ON PROVIDERS PARTICIPATING IN |
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WOMEN'S HEALTH PROGRAMS. (a) In this section: |
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(1) "Breast and cervical cancer services program" |
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means a program operated by the commission that provides screening, |
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diagnostic, and other services related to breast and cervical |
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cancer to women in this state. |
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(2) "Family planning program" means a program operated |
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by the commission that provides health care and core family |
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planning services to individuals in this state. |
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(3) "Texas women's health program" means a program |
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operated by the commission that is substantially similar to the |
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demonstration project operated under former Section 32.0248, Human |
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Resources Code, and that is intended to expand access to preventive |
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health and family planning services for women in this state. |
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(b) Not later than December 31 of each even-numbered year, |
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the commission shall prepare and submit a report to the legislature |
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on the registered provider locations participating in the breast |
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and cervical cancer services program, the family planning program, |
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and the Texas women's health program. The report must: |
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(1) cover the period beginning June 1 occurring three |
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years preceding the year in which the report is due and ending May |
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31 occurring the year before the year in which the report is due; |
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and |
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(2) include, for each registered provider location |
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during the period covered by the report: |
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(A) the number of physicians participating in |
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each program at that location; |
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(B) the number of individuals seen by each |
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physician participating in a program at that location and the |
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program in which the individuals were treated; and |
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(C) the number of times a specific individual was |
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treated at that location by a participating physician in each |
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program. |
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(c) If the breast and cervical cancer services program, the |
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family planning program, or the Texas women's health program is |
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consolidated with another program or otherwise modified, the |
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commission shall include in the report under Subsection (b) the |
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required information for each successor program that provides the |
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same or similar services. |
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(d) The information provided under Subsection (b) may not |
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include any personally identifying information about an |
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individual. |
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SECTION 2. Not later than December 31, 2018, the Health and |
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Human Services Commission shall provide to the legislature the |
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initial report for the period of June 1, 2015, through May 31, 2017, |
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as required by Section 531.02222, Government Code, as added by this |
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Act, notwithstanding Section 531.02222(b)(1), Government Code, as |
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added by this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect December 1, 2017. |