Bill Text: TX SB1376 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to a joint interim study regarding the state's response to modifications to federal health care laws.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2017-05-12 - Referred to Appropriations [SB1376 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB1376-Engrossed.html
By: Buckingham | S.B. No. 1376 |
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relating to a joint interim study regarding the state's response to | ||
modifications to federal health care laws. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. CREATION OF JOINT INTERIM COMMITTEE. (a) A | ||
joint interim committee is created to study the ability in this | ||
state to effectively respond and adapt to and implement significant | ||
modifications to federal health care laws, regulations, and | ||
requirements. | ||
(b) The joint interim committee is composed of: | ||
(1) six members of the senate appointed by the | ||
lieutenant governor; and | ||
(2) six members of the house of representatives | ||
appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives. | ||
(c) The lieutenant governor and speaker of the house of | ||
representatives shall each designate a co-chair from among the | ||
joint interim committee members. | ||
(d) The joint interim committee shall convene at the joint | ||
call of the co-chairs. | ||
(e) The joint interim committee may adopt rules necessary to | ||
carry out the committee's duties under this section. | ||
(f) The joint interim committee has all other powers and | ||
duties provided to a special or select committee by the rules of the | ||
senate and house of representatives, by Subchapter B, Chapter 301, | ||
Government Code, and by policies of the senate and house committees | ||
on administration. | ||
SECTION 2. INTERIM STUDY RELATING TO THE STATE'S ABILITY TO | ||
RESPOND TO MODIFICATION OF FEDERAL HEALTH CARE LAWS. (a) The | ||
joint interim committee shall study the ability in this state to | ||
respond and adapt to and implement significant modifications to | ||
federal health care laws, regulations, and requirements. | ||
(b) The committee shall collaborate with the Health and | ||
Human Services Commission, the Texas Department of Insurance, and | ||
other appropriate agencies to conduct a comprehensive, data-driven | ||
readiness review to: | ||
(1) analyze the potential impact of modifications to | ||
federal health care laws, regulations, and requirements on: | ||
(A) state, county, and local governments and | ||
other public entities; and | ||
(B) health care providers, hospitals, health | ||
benefit plans, and other private organizations and individuals in | ||
this state; | ||
(2) identify changes to state laws, regulations, and | ||
requirements necessary to access or manage federal funding: | ||
(A) from: | ||
(i) Medicaid; | ||
(ii) Medicare; or | ||
(iii) a block grant funding system | ||
established by the federal government; or | ||
(B) authorized by a waiver issued under Section | ||
1115 of the federal Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Section 1315); | ||
(3) identify legislative reforms and executive | ||
rulemaking necessary to comply with modified federal health care | ||
laws, regulations, and requirements; and | ||
(4) review and assess the potential impact of proposed | ||
federal and state policies and reforms on: | ||
(A) overall affordability of health care | ||
services; | ||
(B) health care cost containment goals; | ||
(C) patient access to physical, behavioral, and | ||
mental health care, especially in rural or underserved areas; | ||
(D) health care delivery systems in this state; | ||
(E) patient outcomes; | ||
(F) reimbursement rates to health care | ||
providers; and | ||
(G) workforce shortages. | ||
(c) The joint interim committee shall prepare a report | ||
reflecting the study required under Subsection (a) of this section | ||
that includes proposed reforms to improve the ability in this state | ||
to respond and adapt to and implement significant modifications to | ||
federal health care laws, regulations, and requirements. The joint | ||
interim committee shall include in the report recommendations of | ||
specific statutory and regulatory changes that appear necessary | ||
from the committee's study. | ||
SECTION 3. COMMITTEE FINDINGS AND PROPOSED REFORMS. | ||
(a) Not later than December 1, 2018, the joint interim committee | ||
created under Section 1 of this Act shall submit to the lieutenant | ||
governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the | ||
governor the report prepared under Section 2 of this Act. | ||
(b) Not later than the 60th day after the effective date of | ||
this Act, the lieutenant governor and speaker of the house of | ||
representatives shall appoint the members of the joint interim | ||
committee in accordance with Section 1 of this Act. | ||
SECTION 4. ABOLITION OF COMMITTEE. The joint interim | ||
committee created under Section 1 of this Act is abolished and this | ||
Act expires January 20, 2019. | ||
SECTION 5. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect | ||
immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members | ||
elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas | ||
Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for | ||
immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |