Texas 2017 - 85th Regular

Texas House Bill HB3122 Compare Versions

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1	1	85R11540 DMS-D
2	2	By: Farrar H.B. No. 3122
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to notice for patients of freestanding emergency medical
8	8	care facilities.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 254, Health and Safety
11	11	Code, is amended by adding Section 254.156 to read as follows:
12	12	Sec. 254.156. PATIENT NOTICE. (a) A facility shall provide
13	13	to a patient a notice that:
14	14	(1) states whether the facility participates in a
15	15	provider network, as described by Section 254.001, and lists each
16	16	provider network in which the facility participates;
17	17	(2) states whether the facility is an enrolled
18	18	provider under Medicaid;
19	19	(3) states:
20	20	(A) whether the facility accepts Medicare
21	21	assignment;
22	22	(B) whether the facility accepts the payment
23	23	terms of, or is a network provider under, any Medicare Advantage
24	24	plan; and
25	25	(C) each plan that provides this coverage for
26	26	facility patients;
27	27	(4) states whether the facility is a network provider
28	28	under the TRICARE Military Health System or is a non-network
29	29	provider accepting TRICARE patients;
30	30	(5) provides the address, phone number, and hours of
31	31	operation of the nearest facility that provides urgent care but
32	32	that is not an emergency care facility or hospital emergency
33	33	department; and
34	34	(6) lists the Internet website, phone number, and
35	35	e-mail address of the Texas Department of Insurance.
36	36	(b) The notice must be:
37	37	(1) provided on a single page not less than 8.5 inches
38	38	by 11 inches in size; and
39	39	(2) printed using a font that is at least 14 points in
40	40	size.
41	41	(c) The facility shall provide the notice to a patient as
42	42	soon as possible after the patient enters the facility and before
43	43	the patient receives a medical or health care service at the
44	44	facility. The facility shall retain a copy of the notice, signed by
45	45	the patient, in the patient's medical records. A patient who is
46	46	incapacitated is not required to sign the notice. The facility
47	47	shall provide the notice to a person who accompanies the
48	48	incapacitated patient to the facility, if any.
49	49	(d) A facility shall publish the notice on the facility's
50	50	Internet website.
51	51	SECTION 2. A freestanding medical care emergency facility
52	52	is not required to comply with Section 254.156, Health and Safety
53	53	Code, as added by this Act, before January 1, 2018.
54	54	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.