Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

Texas House Bill HB454 Compare Versions

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1	1	86R4697 KSD-D
2	2	By: White H.B. No. 454
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to performance incentive funding for certain medical
8	8	schools based on public health impact.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 61, Education Code, is
11	11	amended by adding Section 61.0597 to read as follows:
12	12	Sec. 61.0597. MEDICAL SCHOOL PERFORMANCE INCENTIVE
13	13	FUNDING. (a) In this section, "medical school" means a medical
14	14	school that is part of The University of Texas System, the Texas
15	15	Tech University System, The Texas A&M University System, or the
16	16	University of North Texas System, or the Baylor College of
17	17	Medicine.
18	18	(b) In consultation with the Health and Human Services
19	19	Commission, the board with the assistance of the advisory committee
20	20	appointed under Subsection (e) biennially shall develop a plan for
21	21	distributing performance incentive funds appropriated for that
22	22	purpose for the next state fiscal biennium to medical schools based
23	23	on each medical school's success in improving the delivery of
24	24	health services and improving health conditions of persons in the
25	25	service region of the medical school.
26	26	(c) A plan developed under this section must:
27	27	(1) define the geographic service region for each
28	28	medical school so that all the territory of this state is included
29	29	in a service region; and
30	30	(2) include recommendations for the performance
31	31	measures and related formulas on which distributions to medical
32	32	schools of any performance incentive funds appropriated by the
33	33	legislature for the next state fiscal biennium would be based.
34	34	(d) In defining the service region for a medical school
35	35	under Subsection (c)(1), the board:
36	36	(1) shall attempt to include areas that:
37	37	(A) are in geographic proximity to the medical
38	38	school; and
39	39	(B) benefit from being served by the medical
40	40	school; and
41	41	(2) may establish a single region for two or more
42	42	medical schools if the board determines that the medical schools
43	43	serve primarily the same areas.
44	44	(e) The board shall establish an advisory committee to
45	45	assist the board in administering this section. Membership on the
46	46	committee must:
47	47	(1) to the greatest extent practicable, reflect a
48	48	balanced representation of:
49	49	(A) the geographic regions of this state; and
50	50	(B) municipalities and counties in this state of
51	51	high, medium, and low population; and
52	52	(2) include:
53	53	(A) members appointed by the governor,
54	54	lieutenant governor, and speaker of the house of representatives;
55	55	(B) members who are medical professionals,
56	56	including nurses, nurse practitioners, mental health providers,
57	57	pediatricians, primary care physicians, and public school nurses;
58	58	and
59	59	(C) members who represent the interests of senior
60	60	citizens, veterans, children, the adult criminal justice and
61	61	juvenile justice communities, the health insurance industry, the
62	62	health care free market, public and private hospitals, and
63	63	charitable foundations with a presence in health care.
64	64	(f) The chair of each standing legislative committee with
65	65	primary jurisdiction over criminal justice, juvenile justice,
66	66	public health, appropriations, health and human services, county
67	67	affairs, or higher education, as determined by the presiding
68	68	officer of each house, serves as an ex officio member of the
69	69	advisory committee appointed under Subsection (e).
70	70	(g) The members of the advisory committee appointed under
71	71	Subsection (e) serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed
72	72	by the board for actual expenses incurred in the performance of
73	73	duties as members of the committee.
74	74	(h) Not later than November 1 of each even-numbered year,
75	75	the board shall submit the plan developed for the next state fiscal
76	76	biennium under this section to the legislature. The legislature
77	77	may appropriate performance incentive funds for distribution to
78	78	medical schools for the next fiscal biennium based on the plan.
79	79	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
80	80	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
81	81	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
82	82	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
83	83	Act takes effect September 1, 2019.