Bill Text: TX SB809 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to health care institution reporting of federal money received for the coronavirus disease public health emergency.
Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 10-3)
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/21 [SB809 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB809-Enrolled.html
| S.B. No. 809 | ||
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| relating to health care institution reporting of federal money | ||
| received for the coronavirus disease public health emergency. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subtitle D, Title 2, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Chapter 81A to read as follows: | ||
| CHAPTER 81A. CORONAVIRUS DISEASE PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY REPORTING | ||
| Sec. 81A.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: | ||
| (1) "Coronavirus disease public health emergency" | ||
| means the period: | ||
| (A) beginning on the date the public health | ||
| emergency declared by the United States secretary of health and | ||
| human services under Section 319, Public Health Service Act (42 | ||
| U.S.C. Section 247d), on January 31, 2020, with respect to the | ||
| coronavirus disease (COVID-19) took effect; and | ||
| (B) ending on the earlier of: | ||
| (i) the date the public health emergency | ||
| described by Paragraph (A) of this subdivision ends; or | ||
| (ii) January 1, 2023. | ||
| (2) "Health care institution" has the meaning assigned | ||
| by Section 74.001, Civil Practice and Remedies Code. | ||
| Sec. 81A.002. HEALTH CARE INSTITUTION REPORT. (a) Except | ||
| as provided by Subsection (b), and subject to Subsection (d), a | ||
| health care institution that receives federal money for assisting | ||
| health care institutions during the coronavirus disease public | ||
| health emergency, including money received under the Coronavirus | ||
| Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (15 U.S.C. Section 9001 et | ||
| seq.), the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Pub. L. | ||
| No. 116-260), and the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Pub. L. | ||
| No. 117-2), shall report the money received to the commission on a | ||
| monthly basis. A health care institution's initial report to the | ||
| commission must include all federal money received by the | ||
| institution during the period beginning January 31, 2020, and | ||
| ending August 31, 2021. | ||
| (b) A health care institution is not required to report | ||
| federal money: | ||
| (1) received as a loan during the coronavirus disease | ||
| public health emergency from the United States Small Business | ||
| Administration as part of a paycheck protection program; or | ||
| (2) received under Subsection (a) if the health care | ||
| institution returned or repaid the money to the federal government. | ||
| (c) Each quarter, the commission shall compile the | ||
| information described by Subsection (a) into a written report | ||
| provided to: | ||
| (1) the governor, lieutenant governor, and speaker of | ||
| the house of representatives; | ||
| (2) the Legislative Budget Board; and | ||
| (3) the standing committees of the legislature with | ||
| primary jurisdiction over state finance and public health. | ||
| (d) The commission shall establish procedures for health | ||
| care institutions to report the information required under | ||
| Subsection (a). In establishing the procedures, the commission | ||
| shall to the extent practicable: | ||
| (1) minimize duplication of reporting by institutions | ||
| to the commission; and | ||
| (2) avoid requiring institutions to report | ||
| information that is duplicative of information that institutions | ||
| are required to report to the federal government. | ||
| Sec. 81A.003. DISCIPLINARY ACTION BY LICENSING AUTHORITY. | ||
| The appropriate licensing authority may take disciplinary action | ||
| against a health care institution that violates this chapter as if | ||
| the institution violated an applicable licensing law. | ||
| Sec. 81A.004. EXPIRATION. This chapter expires September | ||
| 1, 2023. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 809 passed the Senate on | ||
| March 31, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that | ||
| the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 27, 2021, by the | ||
| following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 809 passed the House, with | ||
| amendment, on May 18, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 136, | ||
| Nays 1, two present not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
