81R2189 KJM-D
By: Brown of Brazos H.B. No. 103
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the operation of a student health center of an
institution of higher education.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. The heading to Section 51.953, Education Code,
is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 51.953. [CERTAIN REVENUE RECEIVED FROM] STUDENT HEALTH
CENTER [SERVICES].
SECTION 2. Section 51.953, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsections (c), (d), and (e) to read as follows:
(c) The student health center of an institution of higher
education shall assist a student or other person entitled to obtain
health care services from the health center in receiving benefits
under a health benefit plan by filing or having a claim filed with
the health benefit plan issuer on behalf of the student or other
person.
(d) An institution of higher education on behalf of the
institution's student health center located within the geographic
service area of a health benefit plan may contract with the health
benefit plan issuer to provide health care services under the plan
to students or other persons entitled to obtain health care
services from the health center who are covered by the plan.
(e) Not later than January 15 of each year, the governing
board of an institution of higher education shall report to the
legislature the amount of the following sources of income for
funding the institution's student health center:
(1) money received from student fees and charges;
(2) money received from the operation of the student
health center's pharmacy;
(3) money received as a result of a claim filed by or
on behalf of the institution's student health center under a health
benefit plan sponsored by or administered on behalf of the
institution; and
(4) money received as a result of a claim filed by or
on behalf of the institution's student health center under a health
benefit plan other than a plan sponsored by or administered on
behalf of the institution.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.