Bill Text: TX HB3515 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the establishment of a statewide system for stroke response and treatment.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-20 - Referred to Public Health [HB3515 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB3515-Introduced.html
By: Rodriguez of Travis | H.B. No. 3515 |
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relating to the establishment of a statewide system for stroke | ||
response and treatment. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 93.001, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended by adding Subdivisions (3), (4), and (5) to read as follows: | ||
(3) "Department" means the Department of State Health | ||
Services. | ||
(4) "Executive commissioner" means the executive | ||
commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission. | ||
(5) "Stroke facility" has the meaning assigned by | ||
Section 773.202. | ||
SECTION 2. Chapter 93, Health and Safety Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subchapter C to read as follows: | ||
SUBCHAPTER C. STROKE RESPONSE AND TREATMENT | ||
Sec. 93.101. STATEWIDE SYSTEM FOR STROKE RESPONSE AND | ||
TREATMENT. The department, in coordination with the council and | ||
the stroke committee appointed under Section 773.023, shall develop | ||
and implement a statewide system for stroke response and treatment | ||
to achieve continuous improvement in the quality of care provided | ||
to stroke patients. | ||
Sec. 93.102. ELECTRONIC STROKE DATABASE; STATISTICAL DATA | ||
AND OTHER INFORMATION. (a) In implementing a statewide system for | ||
stroke response and treatment, the department shall create and | ||
maintain an electronic stroke database by: | ||
(1) compiling information and statistical data on | ||
stroke care that align with the stroke consensus performance | ||
measures developed and approved by the American Heart Association, | ||
the American Stroke Association, the Centers for Disease Control | ||
and Prevention, and The Joint Commission; | ||
(2) using the stroke guidelines and quality | ||
improvement program Get With the Guidelines Stroke maintained by | ||
the American Heart Association and the American Stroke Association | ||
or another nationally recognized data system, provided that the | ||
department determines that the data system complies with acceptable | ||
patient confidentiality standards; and | ||
(3) coordinating with national voluntary health | ||
organizations involved in stroke care quality improvement to avoid | ||
duplication and redundancy in information compiled and maintained | ||
under this section. | ||
(b) To the extent possible, the department shall: | ||
(1) require stroke facilities to report statistical | ||
data consistent with nationally recognized guidelines on the | ||
treatment of patients who are confirmed to have suffered strokes | ||
and encourage emergency medical services providers licensed under | ||
Chapter 773 to participate; | ||
(2) encourage health care providers to share | ||
statistical data and other information about methods for improving | ||
the quality of care for stroke patients in this state; | ||
(3) facilitate the communication and analysis of | ||
statistical data and other information among health care providers | ||
who treat stroke patients; and | ||
(4) adopt evidence-based treatment guidelines on the | ||
transitioning of patients to hospital outpatient, physician | ||
office, and health clinic settings in their communities for ongoing | ||
care after discharge from stroke facilities following acute | ||
treatment for stroke. | ||
Sec. 93.103. OVERSIGHT PROCESS AND PLAN FOR QUALITY | ||
IMPROVEMENT. The department shall establish an oversight process | ||
and implement a plan for achieving continuous quality improvement | ||
in the care provided under a statewide system for stroke response | ||
and treatment. The process and plan must: | ||
(1) analyze statistical data on stroke response and | ||
treatment contained in the electronic database established under | ||
Section 93.102; | ||
(2) identify potential interventions to improve | ||
stroke care in geographic regions of this state; and | ||
(3) provide recommendations to the department and the | ||
legislature for the improvement of stroke care and the delivery of | ||
stroke care in this state. | ||
Sec. 93.104. AVAILABILITY OF STATISTICAL DATA. The | ||
department shall make available all statistical data reported under | ||
Section 93.102 to other state agencies, local governmental | ||
entities, stroke facilities, and emergency medical services | ||
providers licensed under Chapter 773 that are responsible for | ||
managing and administering emergency medical services in this | ||
state. | ||
Sec. 93.105. REPORT. Not later than June 1 of each year, | ||
the department shall provide to the governor, lieutenant governor, | ||
speaker of the house of representatives, and standing committees of | ||
the senate and the house with primary jurisdiction over health | ||
matters a report summarizing the data collected under this section | ||
and any related findings and recommendations. The department shall | ||
post the report on the department's Internet website. | ||
Sec. 93.106. CONFIDENTIALITY. Information obtained under | ||
this subchapter that identifies a patient, or that is otherwise | ||
confidential under law, is excepted from required public disclosure | ||
under Chapter 552, Government Code, and may not be disclosed for any | ||
purpose. | ||
Sec. 93.107. RULEMAKING. The executive commissioner shall | ||
adopt rules necessary to implement this subchapter. | ||
SECTION 3. Not later than January 1, 2014: | ||
(1) the executive commissioner of the Health and Human | ||
Services Commission shall adopt the rules necessary to implement | ||
Subchapter C, Chapter 93, Health and Safety Code, as added by this | ||
Act; and | ||
(2) the Department of State Health Services shall | ||
establish the statewide system for stroke response and treatment as | ||
required by Subchapter C, Chapter 93, Health and Safety Code, as | ||
added by this Act. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |