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| 1 | 1 | 81R11506 ALB-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Shapleigh S.B. No. 1527 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the creation of an electronic medical record for | |
| 8 | 8 | certain individuals enrolled in the Medicaid or child health plan | |
| 9 | 9 | program. | |
| 10 | 10 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 11 | 11 | SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 531, Government Code, is | |
| 12 | 12 | amended by adding Section 531.0974 to read as follows: | |
| 13 | 13 | Sec. 531.0974. ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD. (a) The | |
| 14 | 14 | executive commissioner shall adopt rules requiring the creation and | |
| 15 | 15 | use of an electronic medical record for each person who enrolls in | |
| 16 | 16 | the Medicaid program or the child health plan under Chapter 62, | |
| 17 | 17 | Health and Safety Code, on or after December 1, 2009. | |
| 18 | 18 | (b) The executive commissioner by rule shall determine the | |
| 19 | 19 | information required to be included in an electronic medical record | |
| 20 | 20 | created under this section. | |
| 21 | 21 | SECTION 2. If before implementing any provision of this Act | |
| 22 | 22 | a state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a | |
| 23 | 23 | federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision, | |
| 24 | 24 | the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or | |
| 25 | 25 | authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the | |
| 26 | 26 | waiver or authorization is granted. | |
| 27 | 27 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |