By: Carona S.B. No. 1401
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the eligibility of certain providers of laboratory
services for health and human services programs.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 531, Government Code, is amended by
adding Section 531.0058 to read as follows:
Sec. 531.0058. DIAGNOSTIC LABORATORY SERVICES. Regardless
of where specific laboratory services are performed, or where a
laboratory is physically located, any provider of diagnostic
laboratory services shall be eligible to participate in all health
and human services programs as an in-state provider if the
provider, or its parent, subsidiary or affiliated company or
companies, individually or in the aggregate, maintain diagnostic
laboratory operations and employ at least 1000 persons within
Texas.
(b) This section does not impair the commission's authority
to refuse enrollment of a provider on the grounds that the provider
is otherwise unqualified for enrollment.
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.