Bill Text: TX HB2791 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the state plan for hepatitis C prevention, testing, and treatment.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-04-11 - Left pending in committee [HB2791 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB2791-Introduced.html
By: Guillen | H.B. No. 2791 |
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relating to the state plan for hepatitis C prevention, testing, and | ||
treatment. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 94.001, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (b-1) to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) The department shall develop a state plan for prevention | ||
of, testing for, and treatment of hepatitis C. The plan must | ||
include strategies for prevention of, testing for, and treatment of | ||
hepatitis C in specific demographic groups that are | ||
disproportionately affected by hepatitis C, including: | ||
(1) persons infected with HIV; | ||
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higher incidence of hepatitis C; | ||
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such as intravenous drug use; and | ||
(5) persons born between 1945 and 1965. | ||
(b-1) In developing the state plan, the department shall: | ||
(1) determine methods for increasing access to testing | ||
and treatment for underinsured or uninsured patients; | ||
(2) consider methods for promoting health care | ||
providers to offer hepatitis C testing and treatment, including in | ||
rural areas and areas designated as medically underserved areas | ||
under state or federal law; and | ||
(3) report on the use of telemedicine medical services | ||
and telehealth services in providing hepatitis C treatment to rural | ||
and medically underserved areas. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |