Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

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1		-	H.B. No. 2255
	1	+	By: Darby, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Johnson) H.B. No. 2255
	2	+	(In the Senate - Received from the House April 11, 2019;
	3	+	April 15, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on Health &
	4	+	Human Services; May 1, 2019, reported favorably by the following
	5	+	vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 1, 2019, sent to printer.)
	6	+	Click here to see the committee vote
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	9	+	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
4	10		AN ACT
5	11		relating to newborn and infant hearing screening results and the
6	12		provision of information following a screening.
7	13		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
8	14		SECTION 1. Section 47.0031(b), Health and Safety Code, is
9	15		amended to read as follows:
10	16		(b) If a newborn or an infant does not pass the screening in
11	17		a follow-up hearing screening, the program that performed the
12	18		follow-up hearing screening on the newborn or infant shall:
13	19		(1) provide the screening results to:
14	20		(A) the newborn's or infant's parents [with the
15	21		screening results]; and
16	22		(B) with the prior written consent of the
17	23		newborn's or infant's parents, the primary statewide resource
18	24		center established under Section 30.051, Education Code;
19	25		(2) assist in scheduling a diagnostic audiological
20	26		evaluation for the newborn or infant, consistent with the most
21	27		current guidelines in the Joint Committee on Infant Hearing
22	28		Position Statement, or refer the newborn or infant to a licensed
23	29		audiologist who provides diagnostic audiological evaluations for
24	30		newborns or infants that are consistent with the most current
25	31		guidelines in the Joint Committee on Infant Hearing Position
26	32		Statement; and
27	33		(3) refer the newborn or infant to early childhood
28	34		intervention services and the primary statewide resource center
29	35		established under Section 30.051, Education Code.
30	36		SECTION 2. Section 47.005, Health and Safety Code, is
31	37		amended by amending Subsections (a) and (b) and adding Subsection
32	38		(a-1) to read as follows:
33	39		(a) A birthing facility that operates a program shall
34	40		simultaneously distribute to the parents of each newborn or infant
35	41		who is screened:
36	42		(1) the screening results; and
37	43		(2) educational and informational materials that are
38	44		standardized by the department regarding:
39	45		(A) [screening results and] follow-up care; and
40	46		(B) available public resources, including:
41	47		(i) early childhood intervention services
42	48		developed under Chapter 73, Human Resources Code;
43	49		(ii) the primary statewide resource center
44	50		established under Section 30.051, Education Code; and
45	51		(iii) contact information for Texas Early
46	52		Hearing Detection and Intervention.
47	53		(a-1) The department shall make available to the public on
48	54		request the educational and informational materials described by
49	55		Subsection (a)(2).
50	56		(b) A birthing facility that operates a program shall report
51	57		screening results to:
52	58		(1) the parents;
53	59		(2) the newborn's or infant's attending physician,
54	60		primary care physician, or other applicable health care provider;
55	61		[and]
56	62		(3) the department; and
57	63		(4) the primary statewide resource center established
58	64		under Section 30.051, Education Code.
59	65		SECTION 3. Section 47.008(c), Health and Safety Code, is
60	66		amended to read as follows:
61	67		(c) The executive commissioner by rule shall develop
62	68		guidelines to protect the confidentiality of patients in accordance
63	69		with Chapter 159, Occupations Code, and require the written consent
64	70		of a parent or guardian of a patient before any individually
65	71		identifying information is provided to the department or the
66	72		primary statewide resource center established under Section
67	73		30.051, Education Code, as set out in this chapter. The department
68	74		and center shall permit a parent or guardian at any time to withdraw
69	75		information provided to the department or center under this
70	76		chapter.
71	77		SECTION 4. As soon as practicable after the effective date
72	78		of this Act, the executive commissioner of the Health and Human
73	79		Services Commission shall adopt rules as necessary to implement the
74	80		changes in law made by this Act.
75	81		SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
76		-	______________________________ ______________________________
77		-	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
78		-	I certify that H.B. No. 2255 was passed by the House on April
79		-	10, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 0, 1 present, not
80		-	voting.
81		-	______________________________
82		-	Chief Clerk of the House
83		-	I certify that H.B. No. 2255 was passed by the Senate on May
84		-	8, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
85		-	______________________________
86		-	Secretary of the Senate
87		-	APPROVED: _____________________
88		-	Date
89		-	_____________________
90		-	Governor
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