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