Bill Text: TX HB1394 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to the sunset review of certain powers and duties performed by the Department of State Health Services.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective immediately [HB1394 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB1394-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to the sunset review of certain powers and duties performed by the Department of State Health Services.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective immediately [HB1394 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB1394-Introduced.html
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By: King of Taylor | H.B. No. 1394 |
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relating to the sunset review of certain powers and duties | ||
performed by the Department of State Health Services. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 11.003, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 11.003. SUNSET PROVISION. (a) The Texas Board of | ||
Health and the Texas Department of Health were abolished by Section | ||
1.26, Chapter 198 (H.B. 2292), Acts of the 78th Legislature, | ||
Regular Session, 2003, and the powers and duties of those entities | ||
under this chapter were transferred to other agencies, which are | ||
subject to Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas Sunset Act). Unless | ||
the agencies to which those powers and duties are transferred are | ||
continued in existence as provided by that chapter, this chapter | ||
expires September 1, 2015. | ||
(b) In the review of the Department of State Health Services | ||
by the Sunset Advisory Commission, as required by this section and | ||
Section 1001.003, the sunset commission shall review the powers and | ||
duties exercised by the department under Chapter 108 and determine | ||
whether the department, under that chapter, is: | ||
(1) achieving the legislature's intent of empowering | ||
consumers with information to make informed health care decisions; | ||
and | ||
(2) maintaining appropriate privacy and security | ||
standards for patient information. | ||
(c) In the review under Subsection (b), the Sunset Advisory | ||
Commission shall investigate whether the level of identifiable | ||
patient information maintained by the Department of State Health | ||
Services is necessary to achieve the statutory purpose of Chapter | ||
108, including whether the department is required by that chapter | ||
to collect and retain social security numbers, dates of birth, and | ||
address information. | ||
(d) The Sunset Advisory Commission shall report its | ||
findings to the legislature not later than December 31, 2014. This | ||
subsection and Subsections (b) and (c) expire September 1, 2015. | ||
SECTION 2. Chapter 108, Health and Safety Code, is amended | ||
by adding Section 108.016 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 108.016. SUNSET REVIEW. Unless continued in existence | ||
in accordance with Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas Sunset Act), | ||
after the review required by Section 11.003(b), this chapter | ||
expires September 1, 2015. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |