Bill Text: TX HB2082 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to developing a program to provide telemedicine medical services to certain children.
Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2015-05-18 - Referred to Health & Human Services [HB2082 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB2082-Engrossed.html
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| By: Laubenberg, Coleman, Guerra, | H.B. No. 2082 | |
| Bonnen of Galveston, Fallon, et al. | ||
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| relating to developing a program to provide telemedicine medical | ||
| services to certain children. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 32, Human Resources Code, | ||
| is amended by adding Section 32.076 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 32.076. TELEMEDICINE MEDICAL SERVICES FOR CHILDREN | ||
| WITH CHRONIC OR COMPLEX MEDICAL NEEDS. (a) In this section, | ||
| "telemedicine medical service" means a health care service that is | ||
| provided by a physician for purposes of patient assessment, | ||
| diagnosis, consultation, or treatment, or for the transfer of | ||
| medical data, and that requires the use of advanced | ||
| telecommunications technology, other than telephone or facsimile | ||
| technology, including: | ||
| (1) compressed digital interactive video, audio, or | ||
| data transmission; | ||
| (2) clinical data transmission using computer imaging | ||
| by way of still-image capture and store and forward; and | ||
| (3) other technology that facilitates access to health | ||
| care services or medical specialty expertise. | ||
| (b) The commission shall develop and implement a program to: | ||
| (1) enable an eligible child described under | ||
| Subsection (c) to receive medical assistance benefits for health | ||
| care services provided in the child's residence through | ||
| telemedicine medical services; and | ||
| (2) provide reimbursement for telemedicine medical | ||
| services under Subdivision (1). | ||
| (c) A child is eligible for inclusion in the program under | ||
| this section if the child: | ||
| (1) is a recipient of medical assistance; and | ||
| (2) has been diagnosed with: | ||
| (A) an end-stage solid organ disease; or | ||
| (B) a condition that, as determined by commission | ||
| rule, requires: | ||
| (i) mechanical ventilation; | ||
| (ii) the child to be technology-dependent; | ||
| or | ||
| (iii) the child to be treated by three or | ||
| more specialists. | ||
| (d) Not later than January 1, 2019, and at other times after | ||
| that date as determined appropriate by the executive commissioner, | ||
| the commission shall report to the legislature on results and | ||
| outcomes of the program. A report must include: | ||
| (1) an evaluation of clinical outcomes of the program, | ||
| including the program's success in reducing expected emergency | ||
| department visits; and | ||
| (2) the program's impact on medical costs. | ||
| (e) The executive commissioner may adopt rules to implement | ||
| this section. | ||
| 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. | ||
