By: Carona S.B. No. 1401
(Rodriguez of Travis)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the eligibility of certain providers of laboratory
services to participate in programs administered by health and
human services agencies or the Health and Human Services
Commission.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 531, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 531.066 to read as follows:
Sec. 531.066. PARTICIPATION OF DIAGNOSTIC LABORATORY
SERVICE PROVIDERS IN CERTAIN PROGRAMS. Notwithstanding any other
law, a diagnostic laboratory may participate as an in-state
provider under any program administered by a health and human
services agency or the commission that involves diagnostic
laboratory services, regardless of the location where any specific
service is performed or where the laboratory's facilities are
located if:
(1) the laboratory or an entity that is a parent,
subsidiary, or other affiliate of the laboratory maintains
diagnostic laboratory operations in this state;
(2) the laboratory and each entity that is a parent,
subsidiary, or other affiliate of the laboratory, individually or
collectively, employ at least 1,000 persons at places of employment
located in this state; and
(3) the laboratory is otherwise qualified to provide
the services under the program and is not prohibited from
participating as a provider under any benefits programs
administered by a health and human services agency or the
commission based on conduct that constitutes fraud, waste, or
abuse.
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.