86R25844 LED-D
 
  By: J. Johnson of Dallas H.B. No. 3337
 
  Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3337:
 
  By:  Thompson of Harris C.S.H.B. No. 3337
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to a survey for women enrolled in the Healthy Texas Women
  program.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 531, Government Code, is
  amended by adding Section 531.09951 to read as follows:
         Sec. 531.09951.  HEALTHY TEXAS WOMEN PROGRAM SURVEY. (a) In
  this section, "Healthy Texas Women program" means a program
  operated by the commission that is substantially similar to the
  demonstration project operated under former Section 32.0248, Human
  Resources Code, and that is intended to expand access to preventive
  health and family planning services for women in this state.
         (b)  The commission shall develop a survey for women enrolled
  in the Healthy Texas Women program to solicit information for
  improving the operation of the program. The commission shall seek
  comments from interested persons in developing the survey. The
  survey may solicit information regarding:
               (1)  whether a woman's health care provider under the
  program is the same provider who treated the woman before she was
  enrolled in the program, and if not, the method by which the woman
  found her provider;
               (2)  the length of time between the date the woman's
  Medicaid or child health plan program coverage ended and the date of
  her first visit to a health care provider participating in the
  program;
               (3)  notable barriers to the woman's health care
  access; and
               (4)  any other information the commission considers
  necessary or useful in determining program improvements.
         (c)  The commission shall include in each provider cost
  reimbursement contract in the Healthy Texas Women program
  provisions that require the provider to:
               (1)  distribute the survey to a woman on the woman's
  first visit to the provider after her enrollment in the program; and
               (2)  return the completed survey to the commission.
         (d)  The commission may not take any enforcement action
  against a provider who is unable to comply with the contract
  provisions described by Subsection (c).
         (e)  The commission shall compile the information obtained
  under this section and use the information to improve the operation
  of the Healthy Texas Women program. Not later than December 1 of
  each even-numbered year, the commission shall prepare and submit a
  written report that includes the compiled information about the
  program and the commission's recommendations for improving the
  operation of the program to the governor, the lieutenant governor,
  the speaker of the house of representatives, and the presiding
  officers of the standing committees of the senate and house of
  representatives having primary jurisdiction over health and human
  services issues.
         (f)  Any personally identifying information in a patient's
  medical records acquired by the commission under this section is
  confidential and is not subject to disclosure under Chapter 552.
         (g)  The executive commissioner shall adopt rules to ensure
  that the use of any health information under this section complies
  with all state and federal laws relating to the privacy,
  protection, confidentiality, and transmission of health
  information, including the Health Insurance Portability and
  Accountability Act of 1996 (Pub. L. No. 104-191) and rules adopted
  under that Act.
         SECTION 2.  Not later than September 1, 2020, the executive
  commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission shall
  develop the survey and adopt rules required by Section 531.09951,
  Government Code, as added by this Act.
         SECTION 3.  Section 531.09951, Government Code, as added by
  this Act, applies only to a contract entered into or renewed on or
  after the effective date of this Act. A contract entered into or
  renewed before that date is governed by the law in effect on the
  date the contract was entered into or renewed, and that law is
  continued in effect for that purpose.
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.