Texas 2017 - 85th Regular

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1	1	85R12234 SCL-F
2	2	By: Miles S.B. No. 1224
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the establishment of a statewide system for stroke
8	8	response and treatment.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Section 93.001, Health and Safety Code, is
11	11	amended by adding Subdivision (3) to read as follows:
12	12	(3) "Stroke facility" has the meaning assigned by
13	13	Section 773.202.
14	14	SECTION 2. Chapter 93, Health and Safety Code, is amended by
15	15	adding Subchapter C to read as follows:
16	16	SUBCHAPTER C. STROKE RESPONSE AND TREATMENT
17	17	Sec. 93.101. STATEWIDE SYSTEM FOR STROKE RESPONSE AND
18	18	TREATMENT. The department, in coordination with the council and
19	19	the stroke committee appointed under Section 773.203, shall develop
20	20	and implement a statewide system for stroke response and treatment
21	21	to achieve continuous improvement in the quality of care provided
22	22	to stroke patients.
23	23	Sec. 93.102. ELECTRONIC STROKE DATABASE; STATISTICAL DATA
24	24	AND OTHER INFORMATION. (a) In implementing a statewide system for
25	25	stroke response and treatment, the department shall create and
26	26	maintain an electronic stroke database by:
27	27	(1) compiling information and statistical data on
28	28	stroke care that align with the stroke consensus performance
29	29	measures developed and approved by the American Heart Association,
30	30	the American Stroke Association, the federal Centers for Disease
31	31	Control and Prevention, and The Joint Commission;
32	32	(2) using the Get With The Guidelines-Stroke program
33	33	maintained by the American Heart Association or a similar program
34	34	by the American Stroke Association or another nationally recognized
35	35	data system, provided the department determines the data system
36	36	complies with acceptable patient confidentiality standards; and
37	37	(3) coordinating with national voluntary health
38	38	organizations involved in stroke care quality improvement to avoid
39	39	duplication and redundancy in information compiled and maintained
40	40	under this section.
41	41	(b) To the extent possible, the department shall:
42	42	(1) require comprehensive and primary stroke
43	43	facilities, as determined by the department, to report statistical
44	44	data consistent with nationally recognized guidelines on the
45	45	treatment of patients who are confirmed to have suffered strokes
46	46	and encourage emergency medical services providers licensed under
47	47	Chapter 773 to participate;
48	48	(2) encourage health care providers to share
49	49	statistical data and other information about methods for improving
50	50	the quality of care for stroke patients in this state;
51	51	(3) facilitate the communication and analysis of
52	52	statistical data and other information among health care providers
53	53	who treat stroke patients; and
54	54	(4) adopt evidence-based treatment guidelines on the
55	55	transitioning of patients to hospital outpatient, physician
56	56	office, and health clinic settings in their communities for
57	57	continuing care after discharge from stroke facilities following
58	58	acute treatment for stroke.
59	59	Sec. 93.103. OVERSIGHT PROCESS AND PLAN FOR QUALITY
60	60	IMPROVEMENT. The department shall establish an oversight process
61	61	and implement a plan for achieving continuous quality improvement
62	62	in the care provided under a statewide system for stroke response
63	63	and treatment. The process and plan must:
64	64	(1) analyze statistical data on stroke response and
65	65	treatment contained in the electronic database established under
66	66	Section 93.102;
67	67	(2) identify potential interventions to improve
68	68	stroke care in geographic regions of this state; and
69	69	(3) provide recommendations to the department and the
70	70	legislature for the improvement of stroke care and the delivery of
71	71	stroke care in this state.
72	72	Sec. 93.104. AVAILABILITY OF STATISTICAL DATA. The
73	73	department shall make available all statistical data reported under
74	74	Section 93.102 to other state agencies, local governmental
75	75	entities, stroke facilities, and emergency medical services
76	76	providers licensed under Chapter 773 that are responsible for
77	77	managing and administering emergency medical services in this
78	78	state.
79	79	Sec. 93.105. REPORT. Not later than June 1 of each year,
80	80	the department shall provide to the governor, lieutenant governor,
81	81	speaker of the house of representatives, and standing committees of
82	82	the senate and the house with primary jurisdiction over health
83	83	matters a report summarizing the data collected under this section
84	84	and any related findings and recommendations. The department shall
85	85	post the report on the department's Internet website.
86	86	Sec. 93.106. CONFIDENTIALITY. Information obtained under
87	87	this subchapter that identifies a patient, or that is otherwise
88	88	confidential under law, is excepted from required public disclosure
89	89	under Chapter 552, Government Code, and may not be disclosed for any
90	90	purpose.
91	91	Sec. 93.107. RULEMAKING. The executive commissioner shall
92	92	adopt rules necessary to implement this subchapter.
93	93	SECTION 3. Not later than January 1, 2018:
94	94	(1) the executive commissioner of the Health and Human
95	95	Services Commission shall adopt the rules necessary to implement
96	96	Subchapter C, Chapter 93, Health and Safety Code, as added by this
97	97	Act; and
98	98	(2) the Department of State Health Services shall
99	99	establish the statewide system for stroke response and treatment as
100	100	required by Subchapter C, Chapter 93, Health and Safety Code, as
101	101	added by this Act.
102	102	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.