| 1 | | - | By: Laubenberg, et al. H.B. No. 1878 |
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| 2 | | - | (Senate Sponsor - Taylor of Collin) |
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| 3 | | - | (In the Senate - Received from the House May 11, 2015; |
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| 4 | | - | May 11, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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| 5 | | - | Education; May 18, 2015, reported favorably by the following vote: |
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| 6 | | - | Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 18, 2015, sent to printer.) |
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| 7 | | - | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 1 | + | H.B. No. 1878 |
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| 24 | 4 | | AN ACT |
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| 25 | 5 | | relating to the provision of telemedicine medical services in a |
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| 26 | 6 | | school-based setting, including the reimbursement of providers |
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| 27 | 7 | | under the Medicaid program for those services. |
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| 28 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 29 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Section 531.0217, Government Code, is amended by |
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| 30 | 10 | | adding Subsections (c-4) and (g-1) and amending Subsection (g) to |
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| 31 | 11 | | read as follows: |
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| 32 | 12 | | (c-4) The commission shall ensure that Medicaid |
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| 33 | 13 | | reimbursement is provided to a physician for a telemedicine medical |
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| 34 | 14 | | service provided by the physician, even if the physician is not the |
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| 35 | 15 | | patient's primary care physician or provider, if: |
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| 36 | 16 | | (1) the physician is an authorized health care |
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| 37 | 17 | | provider under Medicaid; |
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| 38 | 18 | | (2) the patient is a child who receives the service in |
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| 39 | 19 | | a primary or secondary school-based setting; |
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| 40 | 20 | | (3) the parent or legal guardian of the patient |
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| 41 | 21 | | provides consent before the service is provided; and |
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| 42 | 22 | | (4) a health professional is present with the patient |
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| 43 | 23 | | during the treatment. |
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| 44 | 24 | | (g) If a patient receiving a telemedicine medical service |
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| 45 | 25 | | has a primary care physician or provider and consents or, if |
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| 46 | 26 | | appropriate, the patient's parent or legal guardian consents to the |
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| 47 | 27 | | notification, the commission shall require that the primary care |
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| 48 | 28 | | physician or provider be notified of the telemedicine medical |
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| 49 | 29 | | service for the purpose of sharing medical information. In the case |
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| 50 | 30 | | of a service provided to a child in a school-based setting as |
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| 51 | 31 | | described by Subsection (c-4), the notification, if any, must |
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| 52 | 32 | | include a summary of the service, including exam findings, |
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| 53 | 33 | | prescribed or administered medications, and patient instructions. |
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| 54 | 34 | | (g-1) If a patient receiving a telemedicine medical service |
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| 55 | 35 | | in a school-based setting as described by Subsection (c-4) does not |
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| 56 | 36 | | have a primary care physician or provider, the commission shall |
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| 57 | 37 | | require that the patient's parent or legal guardian receive: |
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| 58 | 38 | | (1) the notification required under Subsection (g); |
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| 59 | 39 | | and |
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| 60 | 40 | | (2) a list of primary care physicians or providers |
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| 61 | 41 | | from which the patient may select the patient's primary care |
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| 62 | 42 | | physician or provider. |
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| 63 | 43 | | SECTION 2. If before implementing any provision of this Act |
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| 64 | 44 | | a state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a |
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| 65 | 45 | | federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision, |
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| 66 | 46 | | the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or |
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| 67 | 47 | | authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the |
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| 68 | 48 | | waiver or authorization is granted. |
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| 69 | 49 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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| 50 | + | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 51 | + | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 52 | + | I certify that H.B. No. 1878 was passed by the House on May 8, |
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| 53 | + | 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 141, Nays 0, 1 present, not |
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| 54 | + | voting. |
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| 55 | + | ______________________________ |
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| 56 | + | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 57 | + | I certify that H.B. No. 1878 was passed by the Senate on May |
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| 58 | + | 21, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1. |
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| 59 | + | ______________________________ |
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| 60 | + | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 61 | + | APPROVED: _____________________ |
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| 62 | + | Date |
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| 63 | + | _____________________ |
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| 64 | + | Governor |
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