| 1 | 1 | | By: Coleman (Senate Sponsor - Deuell) H.B. No. 2710 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (In the Senate - Received from the House May 1, 2009; |
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| 3 | 3 | | May 6, 2009, read first time and referred to Committee on Health |
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| 4 | 4 | | and Human Services; May 20, 2009, reported favorably by the |
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| 5 | 5 | | following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 20, 2009, sent to printer.) |
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| 6 | 6 | | |
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| 7 | 7 | | |
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| 8 | 8 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 9 | 9 | | AN ACT |
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| 10 | 10 | | relating to indigent health care services that may be provided by a |
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| 11 | 11 | | county. |
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| 12 | 12 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 13 | 13 | | SECTION 1. Section 61.0285(a), Health and Safety Code, is |
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| 14 | 14 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 15 | 15 | | (a) In addition to basic health care services provided under |
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| 16 | 16 | | Section 61.028, a county may, in accordance with department rules |
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| 17 | 17 | | adopted under Section 61.006, provide other medically necessary |
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| 18 | 18 | | services or supplies that the county determines to be |
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| 19 | 19 | | cost-effective, including: |
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| 20 | 20 | | (1) ambulatory surgical center services; |
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| 21 | 21 | | (2) diabetic and colostomy medical supplies and |
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| 22 | 22 | | equipment; |
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| 23 | 23 | | (3) durable medical equipment; |
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| 24 | 24 | | (4) home and community health care services; |
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| 25 | 25 | | (5) social work services; |
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| 26 | 26 | | (6) psychological counseling services; |
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| 27 | 27 | | (7) services provided by physician assistants, nurse |
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| 28 | 28 | | practitioners, certified nurse midwives, clinical nurse |
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| 29 | 29 | | specialists, and certified registered nurse anesthetists; |
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| 30 | 30 | | (8) dental care; |
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| 31 | 31 | | (9) vision care, including eyeglasses; |
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| 32 | 32 | | (10) services provided by federally qualified health |
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| 33 | 33 | | centers, as defined by 42 U.S.C. Section 1396d(l)(2)(B); |
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| 34 | 34 | | (11) emergency medical services; [and] |
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| 35 | 35 | | (12) physical and occupational therapy services; and |
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| 36 | 36 | | (13) any other appropriate health care service |
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| 37 | 37 | | identified by department [board] rule that may be determined to be |
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| 38 | 38 | | cost-effective. |
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| 39 | 39 | | SECTION 2. The executive commissioner of the Health and |
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| 40 | 40 | | Human Services Commission shall adopt rules necessary to implement |
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| 41 | 41 | | Section 61.0285, Health and Safety Code, as amended by this Act, as |
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| 42 | 42 | | soon as practicable after the effective date of this Act. |
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| 43 | 43 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 44 | 44 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 45 | 45 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 46 | 46 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 47 | 47 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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| 48 | 48 | | * * * * * |
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