Bill Text: TX HB2636 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Comm Sub
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Bill Title: Relating to a council to study neonatal intensive care units.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective on 9/1/11 [HB2636 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB2636-Comm_Sub.html
Bill Title: Relating to a council to study neonatal intensive care units.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective on 9/1/11 [HB2636 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB2636-Comm_Sub.html
82R21373 ALB-D | |||
By: Kolkhorst | H.B. No. 2636 | ||
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2636: | |||
By: Laubenberg | C.S.H.B. No. 2636 |
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relating to a commission to study neonatal intensive care units. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. (a) In this section: | ||
(1) "Commission" means the Neonatal Intensive Care | ||
Unit Commission established under this section. | ||
(2) "Executive commissioner" means the executive | ||
commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission. | ||
(b) The executive commissioner shall create and appoint the | ||
members of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Commission as provided | ||
by Subsection (d) of this section to study and make recommendations | ||
regarding neonatal intensive care unit operating standards and | ||
reimbursement through the Medicaid program for services provided to | ||
an infant admitted to a neonatal intensive care unit. | ||
(c) The commission shall: | ||
(1) develop standards for operating a neonatal | ||
intensive care unit in this state; | ||
(2) develop an accreditation process for a neonatal | ||
intensive care unit to receive reimbursement for services provided | ||
through the Medicaid program; and | ||
(3) study and make recommendations regarding best | ||
practices and protocols to lower admissions to a neonatal intensive | ||
care unit. | ||
(d) The executive commissioner shall appoint the following | ||
as members of the commission: | ||
(1) four neonatologists, at least two of whom must | ||
practice in a Level IIIC neonatal intensive care unit; | ||
(2) one general pediatrician; | ||
(3) two general obstetrician-gynecologists; | ||
(4) two maternal fetal medicine specialists; | ||
(5) one family practice physician who provides | ||
obstetrical care and practices in a rural community; | ||
(6) one representative from a children's hospital; | ||
(7) one representative from a hospital with a Level II | ||
neonatal intensive care unit; and | ||
(8) one representative from a rural hospital. | ||
(e) The executive commissioner shall designate a member of | ||
the commission to serve as presiding officer. The members of the | ||
commission shall elect any other necessary officers. | ||
(f) The commission shall meet at the call of the executive | ||
commissioner. | ||
(g) A member of the commission serves at the will of the | ||
executive commissioner. | ||
(h) A member of the commission is not entitled to | ||
reimbursement of expenses or to compensation. | ||
(i) The commission may accept gifts and grants from any | ||
source to be used to carry out a function of the commission. | ||
(j) Not later than January 1, 2013, the commission shall | ||
submit a report to the executive commissioner, the governor, the | ||
lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, | ||
and the chairs of the appropriate legislative committees on its | ||
findings and recommendations required by this section. | ||
SECTION 2. Not later than December 1, 2011, the executive | ||
commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission shall | ||
appoint the members of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Commission | ||
as required by Section 1 of this Act. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act expires June 1, 2013. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |