Bill Text: TX SB2134 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a plan to increase the use of telemedicine medical services and telehealth services in this state.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-28 - Referred to Health & Human Services [SB2134 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB2134-Introduced.html
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| By: Lucio | S.B. No. 2134 | |
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| relating to a plan to increase the use of telemedicine medical | ||
| services and telehealth services in this state. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 1001, Health and Safety Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Subchapter J to read as follows: | ||
| SUBCHAPTER J. PLAN TO EXPAND TELEMEDICINE MEDICAL SERVICES AND | ||
| TELEHEALTH SERVICES | ||
| Sec. 1001.251. ACTION PLAN. (a) The department, with the | ||
| assistance of the Texas Hospital Association, the Texas Medical | ||
| Association, teaching hospitals, and the statewide health | ||
| coordinating council, shall develop and implement an action plan | ||
| to: | ||
| (1) expand the use of telemedicine medical services, | ||
| telehealth services, and related mobile applications for those | ||
| services to increase access by residents of this state to health | ||
| care providers; and | ||
| (2) increase the availability of critical medical care | ||
| and health care services to residents in this state in areas | ||
| determined by the department to be medically underserved, including | ||
| the border region and rural areas. | ||
| (b) The department shall consult with health care | ||
| providers, advocacy groups, relevant federal agencies, and any | ||
| other interested persons the department considers necessary to | ||
| develop the action plan required by this section. | ||
| Sec. 1001.252. PLAN REQUIREMENTS. (a) The action plan | ||
| developed under Section 1001.251 must include: | ||
| (1) short-term and long-term plan recommendations, | ||
| including policy initiatives and reforms necessary to implement the | ||
| plan; | ||
| (2) statutory and administrative changes necessary to | ||
| implement the plan; and | ||
| (3) options for the funding necessary to implement the | ||
| plan. | ||
| (b) The department shall: | ||
| (1) not later than September 1, 2019: | ||
| (A) submit to the governor and the legislature | ||
| the recommendations, the statutory and administrative changes, and | ||
| the funding options described in Subsection (a) and short-term and | ||
| long-term plans to implement those recommendations, changes, and | ||
| options; and | ||
| (B) begin implementing the short-term plan; | ||
| (2) not later than September 1, 2021, fully implement | ||
| the short-term plan; | ||
| (3) not later than September 1, 2027, fully implement | ||
| the long-term plan; and | ||
| (4) include the short-term and long-term plans in the | ||
| material the department prepares for consideration of the | ||
| commission in connection with the update of the strategic plan for | ||
| health and human services under Section 531.022, Government Code. | ||
| Sec. 1001.253. EXPIRATION. This subchapter expires | ||
| September 1, 2027. | ||
| SECTION 2. 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. | ||
