BILL ANALYSIS

C.S.H.B. 3672

By: Murr

Public Health

Committee Report (Substituted)

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE

There have been calls to maximize the overall state allotment of federal funds relating to chemical dependency treatment facilities. C.S.H.B. 3672 seeks to address this issue by requiring the Health and Human Services Commission to collect data in a manner necessary to satisfy applicable data set requirements published by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and maximize the overall state allotment of federal funds.

CRIMINAL JUSTICE IMPACT

It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly create a criminal offense, increase the punishment for an existing criminal offense or category of offenses, or change the eligibility of a person for community supervision, parole, or mandatory supervision.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution.

ANALYSIS

C.S.H.B. 3672 amends the Health and Safety Code to require the Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC), in cooperation with the Department of State Health Services, to collect relevant admission, discharge, and transfer data relating to licensed chemical dependency treatment facilities in a manner necessary to satisfy applicable data set requirements published by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and maximize the overall state allotment of federal funds. The bill requires HHSC to collect and report the data in a manner that complies with state and federal laws regarding confidentiality and establishes that the data collected is not public information under state public information law.

EFFECTIVE DATE

September 1, 2019.

COMPARISON OF ORIGINAL AND SUBSTITUTE

C.S.H.B. 3672 differs from the original in minor or nonsubstantive ways by conforming to certain bill drafting conventions.