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.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
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. | ||
