Bill Text: TX SB1709 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a study regarding the capacity and service capabilities of the Texas Women's Health Program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-25 - Referred to Health & Human Services [SB1709 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SB1709-Introduced.html
By: Davis | S.B. No. 1709 | |
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relating to a study regarding the capacity and service capabilities | ||
of the Texas Women's Health Program. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Chapter 39, Subchapter B of the Human Resources | ||
Code is amended by adding Section 39.46: | ||
Section 39.46. Reporting Requirement. (a) The department, | ||
as the agency responsible for administering the TWHP, must annually | ||
submit a report to the Legislature assessing the true capacity and | ||
service capabilities of the direct providers on its list. The | ||
report must contain, at a minimum, the following criteria: | ||
(i) The exact number of patients each direct provider has | ||
the capacity to serve annually under the TWHP; | ||
(ii) A formulaic analysis of how the provider and/or the | ||
department assessed the number of patients in Section 39.46(a)(i); | ||
(iii) The number of patients each direct provider served in | ||
the previous fiscal year under the TWHP; | ||
(iv) The number of physicians for each direct provider that | ||
perform services under the TWHP; | ||
(v) A description of the services that each direct provider | ||
has the capability to provide under the TWHP; and | ||
(vi) A description of the services that each direct provider | ||
does not have the capability to provide under the TWHP. | ||
(b) The department, as the agency responsible for | ||
administering the TWHP, must submit the report under Section | ||
39.46(a) to the Legislature as soon as practically possible, but no | ||
later than January 31st of each legislative session. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |