By: Shelton H.B. No. 3379
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the appointment of members of the Correctional Managed
Health Care Committee, and the authority of the Correctional
Managed Health Care Committee to direct the allocation of
legislative appropriations for the purpose of providing health care
to the persons confined by the department.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 501.133(a), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows. COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP. (a) The committee
consists of nine members appointed as follows:
(1) one member employed full-time by the department
appointed by the executive director;
(2) one member employed full-time by The University of
Texas Medical Branch at Galveston appointed by the president of the
medical branch;
(3) one member employed full-time by the Texas Tech
University Health Sciences Center appointed by the president of the
university; and
(4) [three] six public members appointed by the
governor who are not affiliated with the department or with any
entity with which the committee has contracted to provide health
care services under this chapter, at least [two] three of whom are
licensed to practice medicine in this state;
Section 501.147, Government Code is amended to read as
follows:
Sec. 501.147. COMMITTEE AUTHORITY TO CONTRACT. (a) The
committee may enter into a contract on behalf of the department to
fully implement the managed health care plan under this subchapter.
A contract entered into under this subsection must include
provisions necessary to ensure that The University of Texas Medical
Branch at Galveston is eligible for and makes reasonable efforts to
participate in the purchase of prescription drugs under Section
340B, Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. Section 256b).
(b) The committee may, in addition to providing services to
the department, contract with other governmental or
non-governmental entities for similar health care services and
integrate those services into the managed health care provider
network.
(c) In contracting for implementation of the managed health
care plan, the committee, to the extent possible, shall integrate
the managed health care provider network with the public medical
schools of this state and the component and affiliated hospitals of
those medical schools. The contract must authorize The University
of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston to contract directly with the
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center for the provision of
health care services. The Texas Tech University Health Sciences
Center shall cooperate with The University of Texas Medical Branch
at Galveston in its efforts to participate in the purchase of
prescription drugs under Section 340B, Public Health Service Act
(42 U.S.C. Section 256b).
(d) For services that the public medical schools and their
components and affiliates cannot provide, the committee shall
initiate a competitive bidding process for contracts with other
providers for medical care to persons confined by the department.
(e) In the exercise of the authority in this section the
committee shall consider the cost of allocation proposals which
guarantee compliance within the amounts appropriated for this
purpose in the General Appropriations Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.