Bill Text: TX HB1878 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the provision of telemedicine medical services in a school-based setting, including the reimbursement of providers under the Medicaid program for those services.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2015-06-16 - Effective on 9/1/15 [HB1878 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB1878-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 1878 |
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relating to the provision of telemedicine medical services in a | ||
school-based setting, including the reimbursement of providers | ||
under the Medicaid program for those services. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 531.0217, Government Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsections (c-4) and (g-1) and amending Subsection (g) to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(c-4) The commission shall ensure that Medicaid | ||
reimbursement is provided to a physician for a telemedicine medical | ||
service provided by the physician, even if the physician is not the | ||
patient's primary care physician or provider, if: | ||
(1) the physician is an authorized health care | ||
provider under Medicaid; | ||
(2) the patient is a child who receives the service in | ||
a primary or secondary school-based setting; | ||
(3) the parent or legal guardian of the patient | ||
provides consent before the service is provided; and | ||
(4) a health professional is present with the patient | ||
during the treatment. | ||
(g) If a patient receiving a telemedicine medical service | ||
has a primary care physician or provider and consents or, if | ||
appropriate, the patient's parent or legal guardian consents to the | ||
notification, the commission shall require that the primary care | ||
physician or provider be notified of the telemedicine medical | ||
service for the purpose of sharing medical information. In the case | ||
of a service provided to a child in a school-based setting as | ||
described by Subsection (c-4), the notification, if any, must | ||
include a summary of the service, including exam findings, | ||
prescribed or administered medications, and patient instructions. | ||
(g-1) If a patient receiving a telemedicine medical service | ||
in a school-based setting as described by Subsection (c-4) does not | ||
have a primary care physician or provider, the commission shall | ||
require that the patient's parent or legal guardian receive: | ||
(1) the notification required under Subsection (g); | ||
and | ||
(2) a list of primary care physicians or providers | ||
from which the patient may select the patient's primary care | ||
physician or provider. | ||
SECTION 2. If before implementing any provision of this Act | ||
a state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a | ||
federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision, | ||
the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or | ||
authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the | ||
waiver or authorization is granted. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 1878 was passed by the House on May 8, | ||
2015, by the following vote: Yeas 141, Nays 0, 1 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 1878 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
21, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |