83R23947 KKR-D
By: Zerwas H.B. No. 2939
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2939:
By: Elkins C.S.H.B. No. 2939
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the interoperability of and standards for information
systems of the Health and Human Services Commission and health and
human services agencies for sending and receiving protected health
information.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 531.0162, Government Code, is amended by
adding Subsections (e) and (f) to read as follows:
(e) The executive commissioner shall ensure that:
(1) all information systems for use by the commission
or a health and human services agency in sending protected health
information to a health care provider or receiving protected health
information from a health care provider, and for which planning or
procurement begins on or after September 1, 2013, are capable of
sending or receiving that information in accordance with the
applicable data exchange standards developed by the appropriate
standards development organization accredited by the American
National Standards Institute;
(2) if no national data exchange standards exist for a
system described by this subsection, the commission makes every
effort to ensure that the system is interoperable with the national
standards for electronic health record systems; and
(3) the commission and each health and human services
agency establish an interoperability standards plan for all
information systems that exchange protected health information
with health care providers.
(f) Not later than December 1 of each even-numbered year,
the executive commissioner shall report to the governor and the
Legislative Budget Board on the commission's and the health and
human services agencies' progress in ensuring that the information
systems described in Subsection (e) are interoperable with one
another and meet the appropriate standards specified by that
subsection.
SECTION 2. 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.