Bill Text: TX HB1621 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to a matching grant program for technological enhancements at hospitals providing mental health care services.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Engrossed) 2025-05-15 - Received from the House [HB1621 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-HB1621-Engrossed.html
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| By: Lujan | H.B. No. 1621 | |
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| relating to a matching grant program for technological enhancements | ||
| at hospitals providing mental health care services. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 547, Government Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subchapter K to read as follows: | ||
| SUBCHAPTER K. MATCHING GRANT PROGRAM FOR TECHNOLOGICAL | ||
| ENHANCEMENTS AT HOSPITALS PROVIDING MENTAL HEALTH CARE SERVICES | ||
| Sec. 547.0551. APPLICABILITY. This subchapter applies only | ||
| to: | ||
| (1) a hospital licensed under Chapter 241, Health and | ||
| Safety Code; or | ||
| (2) a hospital licensed under Chapter 577, Health and | ||
| Safety Code. | ||
| Sec. 547.0552. ESTABLISHMENT OF MATCHING GRANT PROGRAM. | ||
| The commission shall establish a matching grant program to enhance | ||
| the technological capabilities of hospitals providing mental | ||
| health care services in this state. | ||
| Sec. 547.0553. ELIGIBILITY FOR GRANT AWARD. To be eligible | ||
| for a grant under this subchapter, a hospital must: | ||
| (1) demonstrate the hospital's planned uses for the | ||
| grant money and matching funds to improve the quality of and access | ||
| to mental health care services in this state; | ||
| (2) align with the interoperability and technology | ||
| standards in the 21st Century Cures Act (Pub. L. No. 114-255); and | ||
| (3) meet any additional eligibility criteria the | ||
| commission establishes. | ||
| Sec. 547.0554. HOSPITAL MATCHING REQUIREMENT. (a) The | ||
| commission shall condition each grant provided to a hospital under | ||
| this subchapter on the hospital providing funds from non-state | ||
| sources in an amount equal to 100 percent of the grant amount. | ||
| (b) To raise the required non-state sourced funds, the | ||
| hospital may seek and receive gifts, grants, or donations from any | ||
| person. | ||
| Sec. 547.0555. ACCEPTABLE USES OF GRANT MONEY AND MATCHING | ||
| FUNDS. A hospital awarded a grant under this subchapter may use the | ||
| grant money and matching funds to: | ||
| (1) purchase a data recording platform for certified | ||
| electronic health data; | ||
| (2) expand the interoperability of health information | ||
| in the hospital or as part of a network with other health care | ||
| providers; | ||
| (3) expand a patient's access to the patient's digital | ||
| health records and mental health care services; | ||
| (4) improve information technology infrastructure for | ||
| data privacy and patient information security, including consent | ||
| management; and | ||
| (5) improve the efficiency of mental health care | ||
| service provision through the use and interconnectivity of mobile | ||
| devices. | ||
| Sec. 547.0556. GIFTS, GRANTS, AND DONATIONS. The | ||
| commission may solicit and accept gifts, grants, and donations from | ||
| any source to award grants under this subchapter. | ||
| Sec. 547.0557. BIENNIAL REPORT. Not later than December 1 | ||
| of each even-numbered year, the commission shall submit a report to | ||
| the legislature regarding the results of the matching grant program | ||
| administered under this subchapter. | ||
| Sec. 547.0558. RULES. The executive commissioner may adopt | ||
| any rules necessary to implement this subchapter. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. | ||
