Texas 2021 - 87th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1199 Compare Versions

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1	1	87R13877 TYPED
2	2	By: Powell S.B. No. 1199
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the continuation of the MEDCARES grant program and
8	8	transfer of the oversight and administration of the program from
9	9	the Department of State Health Services to the Health and Human
10	10	Services Commission.
11	11	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
12	12	SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 1001, Health and Safety
13	13	Code is hereby repealed.
14	14	SECTION 2. Section 261.005, Family Code, is amended to read
15	15	as follows:
16	16	Sec. 261.005. REFERENCE TO EXECUTIVE COMMISSIONER OR
17	17	COMMISSION. Except as provided for in Subchapter G, [I]in this
18	18	chapter:
19	19	(1) a reference to the executive commissioner or the
20	20	executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission
21	21	means the commissioner of the department; and
22	22	(2) a reference to the Health and Human Services
23	23	Commission means the department.
24	24	SECTION 3. Subchapter G, Chapter 261, Family Code, is
25	25	enacted to read as follows:
26	26	SUBCHAPTER G. TEXAS MEDICAL CHILD ABUSE RESOURCES AND EDUCATION
27	27	SYSTEM (MEDCARES)
28	28	Sec. 261.601. REFERENCE TO EXECUTIVE COMMISSIONER OR
29	29	COMMISSION. In this Subchapter:
30	30	(1) a reference to the executive commissioner means
31	31	the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services
32	32	Commission; and
33	33	(2) a reference to the commission means the Health and
34	34	Human Services Commission.
35	35	Sec. 261.602 TEXAS MEDICAL CHILD ABUSE RESOURCES AND
36	36	EDUCATION SYSTEM GRANT PROGRAM. (a) The commission shall maintain
37	37	the Texas Medical Child Abuse Resources and Education System
38	38	(MEDCARES) grant program to award grants for the purpose of
39	39	developing and supporting regional programs to improve the
40	40	assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of child abuse and neglect as
41	41	described by the report submitted to the 80th Legislature by the
42	42	committee on pediatric centers of excellence relating to abuse and
43	43	neglect in accordance with Section 266.0031, Family Code, as added
44	44	by Chapter 1406 (S.B. 758), Acts of the 80th Legislature, Regular
45	45	Session, 2007.
46	46	(b) The commission may award grants to hospitals or academic
47	47	health centers with expertise in pediatric health care and a
48	48	demonstrated commitment to developing basic and advanced programs
49	49	and centers of excellence for the assessment, diagnosis, and
50	50	treatment of child abuse and neglect.
51	51	(c) The department shall encourage collaboration among
52	52	grant recipients in the development of program services and
53	53	activities.
54	54	Sec. 261.602. USE OF GRANT. A grant awarded under this
55	55	subchapter may be used to support:
56	56	(1) comprehensive medical evaluations, psychosocial
57	57	assessments, treatment services, and written and photographic
58	58	documentation of abuse;
59	59	(2) education and training for health professionals,
60	60	including physicians, medical students, resident physicians, child
61	61	abuse fellows, and nurses, relating to the assessment, diagnosis,
62	62	and treatment of child abuse and neglect;
63	63	(3) education and training for community agencies
64	64	involved with child abuse and neglect, law enforcement officials,
65	65	child protective services staff, and children's advocacy centers
66	66	involved with child abuse and neglect;
67	67	(4) medical case reviews and consultations and
68	68	testimony regarding those reviews and consultations;
69	69	(5) research, data collection, and quality assurance
70	70	activities, including the development of evidence-based guidelines
71	71	and protocols for the prevention, evaluation, and treatment of
72	72	child abuse and neglect;
73	73	(6) the use of telemedicine and other means to extend
74	74	services from regional programs into underserved areas; and
75	75	(7) other necessary activities, services, supplies,
76	76	facilities, and equipment as determined by the department.
77	77	Sec. 261.603. GIFTS AND GRANTS. The commission may solicit
78	78	and accept gifts, grants, and donations from any public or private
79	79	source for the purposes of this subchapter.
80	80	Sec. 261.604. REQUIRED REPORT. Not later than December 1 of
81	81	each even-numbered year, the commission shall submit a report to
82	82	the governor and the legislature regarding the grant activities of
83	83	the program and grant recipients, including the results and
84	84	outcomes of grants provided under this subchapter.
85	85	Sec. 261.605. RULES. The executive commissioner may adopt
86	86	rules as necessary to implement this subchapter.
87	87	Sec. 261.606. APPROPRIATION REQUIRED. The commission is
88	88	not required to award a grant under this subchapter unless the
89	89	commission is specifically appropriated money for purposes of this
90	90	subchapter.
91	91	SECTION 4. The administration and oversight activities of
92	92	the MEDCARES grant program is transferred from the Department of
93	93	State Health Services to the Health and Human Services Commission
94	94	as of the of the effective date of this Act.
95	95	SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.