Bill Text: TX SB1757 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the treatment of and education on sickle cell disease and the sickle cell task force.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-20 - Referred to Health & Human Services [SB1757 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB1757-Introduced.html
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| By: Miles | S.B. No. 1757 | |
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| relating to the treatment of and education on sickle cell disease | ||
| and the sickle cell task force. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 533, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 533.0091 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 533.0091. SICKLE CELL DISEASE TREATMENT. The | ||
| commission shall: | ||
| (1) in collaboration with the sickle cell task force | ||
| established under Chapter 52, Health and Safety Code: | ||
| (A) ensure that health care services provided | ||
| under a managed care plan to recipients diagnosed with sickle cell | ||
| disease align with national clinical practice guidelines and | ||
| protocols for sickle cell disease treatment; and | ||
| (B) increase sickle cell disease education for | ||
| Medicaid providers, including emergency room providers; and | ||
| (2) use the commission's existing data to identify | ||
| opportunities for improving health outcomes of recipients | ||
| diagnosed with sickle cell disease by: | ||
| (A) reducing hospital admissions and | ||
| readmissions; and | ||
| (B) connecting those recipients to a sickle cell | ||
| disease expert. | ||
| SECTION 2. Sections 52.0003 and 52.0007, Health and Safety | ||
| Code, are amended to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 52.0003. COMPOSITION OF TASK FORCE. The task force is | ||
| composed of the following members appointed by the executive | ||
| commissioner: | ||
| (1) two members from community-based organizations | ||
| with experience addressing the needs of individuals with sickle | ||
| cell disease; | ||
| (2) two physicians specializing in hematology; | ||
| (3) two members of the public, each of whom either has | ||
| sickle cell disease or is a parent of a person with sickle cell | ||
| disease or trait; [ |
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| (4) one representative of a health-related | ||
| institution; | ||
| (5) one representative of the Texas Education Agency; | ||
| and | ||
| (6) one representative of the commission. | ||
| Sec. 52.0007. ANNUAL REPORT. (a) Not later than December 1 | ||
| of each year, the task force shall prepare and submit to the | ||
| governor and the legislature an annual written report that | ||
| summarizes the task force's work and includes any recommended | ||
| actions or policy changes endorsed by the task force. | ||
| (b) The task force shall, in collaboration with the | ||
| commission, include in the task force's annual report | ||
| recommendations for improving sickle cell disease education for | ||
| health care providers. | ||
| SECTION 3. Subtitle B, Title 2, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Chapter 52A to read as follows: | ||
| CHAPTER 52A. SICKLE CELL DISEASE CARE EDUCATION | ||
| Sec. 52A.001. EMERGENCY AND PRIMARY CARE MEDICINE GRADUATE | ||
| MEDICAL EDUCATION PROGRAM CURRICULUM. (a) In this section, | ||
| "medical school" has the meaning assigned by Section 58A.001, | ||
| Education Code. | ||
| (b) A medical school in this state that offers an emergency | ||
| medicine, family medicine, or internal medicine residency program | ||
| shall include in the curriculum requirements for the program | ||
| education focused on sickle cell disease and sickle cell trait. The | ||
| medical school may enter into agreements as necessary for the | ||
| purposes of this section. | ||
| Sec. 52A.002. INFORMATION FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | ||
| PERSONNEL. (a) The Texas Education Agency shall collaborate with | ||
| sickle cell disease community-based organizations to provide | ||
| information on sickle cell disease and sickle cell trait to public | ||
| school districts and district staff, including school nurses, | ||
| teachers, and coaches. | ||
| (b) The commission in collaboration with the sickle cell | ||
| task force established under Chapter 52 shall explore methods for | ||
| improving sickle cell disease education and awareness within the | ||
| public school system and provide recommendations to the Texas | ||
| Education Agency on the improvement methods. | ||
| SECTION 4. As soon as practicable after the effective date | ||
| of this Act, the executive commissioner of the Health and Human | ||
| Services Commission shall appoint the new members of the sickle | ||
| cell task force as required by Section 52.0003, Health and Safety | ||
| Code, as amended by this Act. | ||
| SECTION 5. Section 52A.001, Health and Safety Code, as | ||
| added by this Act, applies to residents entering an emergency | ||
| medicine, family medicine, or internal residency program at a | ||
| medical school in this state on or after January 1, 2024. | ||
| SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
