By: Crownover, Alvarado, Lucio III, Harless, H.B. No. 2020
Callegari
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the adoption of wellness policies and programs by state
agencies.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 664.053(e), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(e) A state agency may:
(1) develop a wellness program designed to increase
work productivity and capacity and reduce health insurance costs;
or
(2) implement a wellness program based on the model
program or components of the model program developed under this
section.
SECTION 2. Section 664.061, Government Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 664.061. AGENCY WELLNESS POLICIES. (a) A state agency
may:
(1) allow each employee 30 minutes during normal
working hours for exercise three times each week;
(2) allow all employees to attend on-site wellness
seminars when offered; [and]
(3) provide eight hours of additional leave time each
year to an employee who:
(A) receives a physical examination; and
(B) completes either an online health risk
assessment tool provided by the board or a similar health risk
assessment conducted in person by a worksite wellness coordinator;
(4) provide financial incentives for participation in
a wellness program developed under Section 664.053(e) after the
agency establishes a written policy with objective criteria for
providing the incentives;
(5) offer on-site clinic or pharmacy services in
accordance with Subtitles B and J, Title 3, Occupations Code,
including the requirements regarding delegation of certain medical
acts under Chapter 157, Occupations Code; and
(6) adopt additional wellness policies, as determined
by the agency.
(b) In addition to the requirements of Sections 2155.074,
2155.075, and 2254.003, in awarding a contract for on-site clinic
or pharmacy services as provided by Subsection (a)(5), a state
agency may consider:
(1) whether the on-site clinic services will be
provided by a physician-led organization that has its principal
place of business in this state; or
(2) whether the on-site pharmacy services will be
provided by a business that has its principal place of business in
this state.
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, 2013.