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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to health care data collection requirements and a |
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feasibility study on the use of the data to create a database of |
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amounts billed for certain health care services. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 108.002(10), Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(10) "Health care facility" means: |
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(A) a hospital; |
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(B) an ambulatory surgical center licensed under |
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Chapter 243; |
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(C) a chemical dependency treatment facility |
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licensed under Chapter 464; |
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(D) a renal dialysis facility; |
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(E) a birthing center; |
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(F) a rural health clinic; |
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(G) a federally qualified health center as |
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defined by 42 U.S.C. Section 1396d(l)(2)(B); [or] |
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(H) a free-standing imaging center; or |
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(I) a freestanding emergency medical care |
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facility, as defined by Section 254.001, including a freestanding |
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emergency medical care facility that is exempt from the licensing |
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requirements of Chapter 254 under Section 254.052(8). |
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SECTION 2. (a) In this section, "department" means the |
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Department of State Health Services. |
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(b) The department shall conduct a study on the feasibility |
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of using the information provided to the department under the |
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statewide health care data collection system developed under |
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Section 108.006, Health and Safety Code, for creating a database |
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accessible through the Texas Health Care Information Collection |
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website. The database must: |
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(1) be searchable; |
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(2) include the average and percentile billed charges |
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for health care procedures performed at inpatient care facilities, |
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outpatient care facilities, and hospital outpatient departments; |
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and |
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(3) categorize the information described by |
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Subdivision (2) of this subsection according to the American |
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Medical Association's Current Procedural Terminology code for the |
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health care procedure associated with the amount billed. |
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(c) In conducting the feasibility study under Subsection |
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(b) of this section, the department shall evaluate the cost of |
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making the database accessible to: |
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(1) the public at no cost; |
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(2) health care providers at a cost; and |
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(3) both the public at no cost and health care |
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providers at a cost. |
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(d) Not later than December 1, 2020, the department shall |
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report the results of the study required under this section to the |
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governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of |
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representatives, and members of the appropriate standing |
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committees of the senate and the house of representatives. |
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(e) The department may contract with a third-party entity to |
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conduct the study required under this section. |
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(f) This section expires September 1, 2021. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |