Bill Text: TX HB1342 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to the provision of certain health information and other information to school districts and other participating entities in the Texas school employees uniform group health coverage program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2021-05-18 - Placed on intent calendar [HB1342 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB1342-Comm_Sub.html
| By: Leach (Senate Sponsor - Perry) | H.B. No. 1342 | |
| (In the Senate - Received from the House April 19, 2021; | ||
| May 4, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on | ||
| Education; May 14, 2021, reported favorably by the following vote: | ||
| Yeas 10, Nays 0; May 14, 2021, sent to printer.) | ||
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| relating to the provision of certain health information and other | ||
| information to school districts and other participating entities in | ||
| the Texas school employees uniform group health coverage program. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 1579, Insurance Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 1579.010 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 1579.010. PARTICIPATING ENTITY REQUEST FOR CERTAIN | ||
| INFORMATION. (a) Subject to Subsection (b), the trustee shall | ||
| provide to a participating entity any de-identified health | ||
| information, enrollment information, or other relevant information | ||
| available to the trustee as requested by the entity in connection | ||
| with a search for alternative health benefit plan coverage for the | ||
| entity's employees and the employees' dependents. | ||
| (b) The information provided by the trustee under this | ||
| section may not include any personally identifying information of a | ||
| covered individual that would be prohibited from disclosure under | ||
| the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 | ||
| (Pub. L. No. 104-191) and regulations adopted under that Act. | ||
| (c) The trustee shall provide the information requested | ||
| under this section at no cost to the requesting participating | ||
| entity, in accordance with the procedures developed by the trustee | ||
| for that purpose. | ||
| SECTION 2. 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, 2021. | ||
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