86R5413 LED-D
By: Guerra H.B. No. 1428
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a grant program to support the participation by certain
health care providers in TexasAIM.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 32, Health and Safety Code, is amended by
adding Subchapter C to read as follows:
SUBCHAPTER C. TEXASAIM GRANT PROGRAM
Sec. 32.061. TEXASAIM GRANT PROGRAM. (a) In this section,
"TexasAIM" means the program established by the department in
collaboration with the Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health
and the Texas Hospital Association to assist health care providers
in implementing maternal safety projects and decreasing incidents
of preventable maternal death and severe maternal morbidity by
applying best practices for maternal safety and improving maternal
health care.
(b) The department shall establish a grant program to
provide funding to health care providers who are located in rural or
medically underserved areas for travel and attendance costs
associated with attending TexasAIM collaborative learning
sessions. From available money and any additional money
appropriated for this purpose, the department shall award grants as
provided by this section.
(c) The executive commissioner by rule shall establish
eligibility criteria for awarding grants under this section. The
rules must require the department to consider:
(1) a geographical area's need for implementing
TexasAIM and the extent to which the grant would assist health care
providers in the area in meeting the identified need;
(2) the availability of other funding sources to meet
the identified need; and
(3) the participation by health care providers in
TexasAIM in the area.
(d) The department may approve grants according to
department rules. A grant awarded under this section is governed by
Chapter 783, Government Code, and rules adopted under that chapter.
SECTION 2. Not later than December 1, 2019, the executive
commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission shall
adopt the rules necessary to implement Section 32.061, Health and
Safety Code, as added by this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.