Bill Text: TX HB2082 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to developing a program to provide telemedicine medical services to certain children.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2015-05-18 - Referred to Health & Human Services [HB2082 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB2082-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to developing a program to provide telemedicine medical services to certain children.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2015-05-18 - Referred to Health & Human Services [HB2082 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB2082-Introduced.html
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By: Laubenberg | H.B. No. 2082 |
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relating to developing a pilot 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. PILOT PROGRAM FOR 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 department shall develop and implement a pilot | ||
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 to a pediatric | ||
subspecialist who provides telemedicine medical services under | ||
Subdivision (1). | ||
(c) A child is eligible for inclusion in the pilot 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 department | ||
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) The pilot program must require that the health care | ||
services provided through telemedicine medical services: | ||
(1) are provided by a pediatric subspecialist who: | ||
(A) has clinical privileges at a tertiary | ||
pediatric health care system that is associated with an academic | ||
medical center; and | ||
(B) has previously treated the child in person; | ||
and | ||
(2) do not replace the health care services the child | ||
is otherwise receiving. | ||
(e) The department shall conduct the pilot program in: | ||
(1) Dallas, Tarrant, and Travis Counties; and | ||
(2) the Northeast Texas and Central Texas Medicaid | ||
Rural Service Area Regions. | ||
(f) Not later than January 1, 2019, the department shall | ||
report to the legislature on the results of the pilot program. The | ||
report must include: | ||
(1) an evaluation of the clinical outcomes of the | ||
pilot program, including the program's success in reducing expected | ||
emergency department visits; and | ||
(2) the program's impact on medical costs. | ||
(g) The executive commissioner may adopt rules to implement | ||
this section. | ||
(h) This section expires January 1, 2019. | ||
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. |