86R13700 LED-D
 
  By: J. Johnson of Dallas 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 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 send the survey to health care
  providers participating in the Healthy Texas Women program. On a
  woman's first visit to a participating health care provider after
  enrollment in the program, the provider shall provide the survey to
  the woman and return the completed survey to the commission.
         (d)  The commission shall compile the information obtained
  under this section and use the information to improve the operation
  of the Healthy Texas Women program.
         (e)  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.
         (f)  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 January 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.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.