Bill Text: TX HB5280 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to operation by certain nonprofit organizations of certain regional health care programs for employees of small employers.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-05-09 - Record vote RV#1397 [HB5280 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB5280-Comm_Sub.html
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By: Bucy | H.B. No. 5280 | ||
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 5280: | |||
By: Rosenthal | C.S.H.B. No. 5280 |
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relating to operation by certain nonprofit organizations of certain | ||
regional health care programs for employees of small employers. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 75.051, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: | ||
(c) A community-based nonprofit organization may establish | ||
or participate in a regional health care program under this | ||
subchapter without the participation of the commissioners court of | ||
a county if the program is a premium assistance program not offering | ||
health care services or health care benefits. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 75.052(a), Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) A regional health care program may be operated subject | ||
to the direct governance of the commissioners courts of the | ||
participating counties or, for a program under Section 75.051(c), a | ||
nonprofit organization. A local health care program may be | ||
operated subject to the direct governance of the commissioners | ||
court of the participating county. A regional or local health care | ||
program may be operated by a joint council, tax-exempt nonprofit | ||
entity, or other entity that: | ||
(1) operates the program under a contract with the | ||
commissioners court or courts, as applicable; [ |
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(2) is an entity in which the county or counties | ||
participate or that is established or designated by the | ||
commissioners court or courts, as applicable, to operate the | ||
program; or | ||
(3) for a program under Section 75.051(c), is a | ||
participating nonprofit organization. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 75.101, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 75.101. ALTERNATIVE PROGRAMS AUTHORIZED; PROGRAM | ||
OBJECTIVES. In developing a regional or local health care program, | ||
a governing body may provide health care services or benefits as | ||
described by this subchapter or may develop another type of program | ||
to accomplish the purposes of this chapter. A regional or local | ||
health care program must be developed, to the extent practicable, | ||
to: | ||
(1) reduce the number of individuals without health | ||
benefit plan coverage within the boundaries of the participating | ||
county or counties or, for a program under Section 75.051(c), in a | ||
county in which a participating nonprofit organization operates; | ||
(2) address rising health care costs and reduce the | ||
cost of health care services or health benefit plan coverage for | ||
small employers and their employees within the boundaries of the | ||
participating county or counties or, for a program under Section | ||
75.051(c), in a county in which a participating nonprofit | ||
organization operates; | ||
(3) promote preventive care and reduce the incidence | ||
of preventable health conditions, such as heart disease, cancer, | ||
and diabetes and low birth weight in infants; | ||
(4) promote efficient and collaborative delivery of | ||
health care services; | ||
(5) serve as a model for the innovative use of health | ||
information technology to promote efficient delivery of health care | ||
services, reduce health care costs, and improve the health of the | ||
community; and | ||
(6) provide fair payment rates for health care | ||
providers. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |