By: Coleman (Senate Sponsor - Deuell) H.B. No. 2710
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 1, 2009;
May 6, 2009, read first time and referred to Committee on Health
and Human Services; May 20, 2009, reported favorably by the
following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 20, 2009, sent to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to indigent health care services that may be provided by a
county.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 61.0285(a), Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) In addition to basic health care services provided under
Section 61.028, a county may, in accordance with department rules
adopted under Section 61.006, provide other medically necessary
services or supplies that the county determines to be
cost-effective, including:
(1) ambulatory surgical center services;
(2) diabetic and colostomy medical supplies and
equipment;
(3) durable medical equipment;
(4) home and community health care services;
(5) social work services;
(6) psychological counseling services;
(7) services provided by physician assistants, nurse
practitioners, certified nurse midwives, clinical nurse
specialists, and certified registered nurse anesthetists;
(8) dental care;
(9) vision care, including eyeglasses;
(10) services provided by federally qualified health
centers, as defined by 42 U.S.C. Section 1396d(l)(2)(B);
(11) emergency medical services; [and]
(12) physical and occupational therapy services; and
(13) any other appropriate health care service
identified by department [board] rule that may be determined to be
cost-effective.
SECTION 2. The executive commissioner of the Health and
Human Services Commission shall adopt rules necessary to implement
Section 61.0285, Health and Safety Code, as amended by this Act, as
soon as practicable after the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 3. 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, 2009.
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