87R5259 EAS-D
By: Kolkhorst, et al. S.B. No. 809
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to health care provider reporting of federal money
received for the coronavirus disease public health emergency.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subtitle D, Title 2, Health and Safety Code, is
amended by adding Chapter 81A to read as follows:
CHAPTER 81A. CORONAVIRUS DISEASE PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY REPORTING
Sec. 81A.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
(1) "Coronavirus disease public health emergency"
means the period:
(A) beginning on the date the public health
emergency declared by the United States secretary of health and
human services under Section 319, Public Health Service Act (42
U.S.C. Section 247d), on January 31, 2020, with respect to the
coronavirus disease (COVID-19) took effect; and
(B) ending on the earlier of:
(i) the date the public health emergency
described by Paragraph (A) of this subdivision ends; or
(ii) January 1, 2023.
(2) "Health care provider" means a person that is
licensed, certified, or otherwise authorized by the laws of this
state to provide health care services in the ordinary course of
business or practice of a profession.
Sec. 81A.002. HEALTH CARE PROVIDER REPORT. (a) A health
care provider that receives federal money for assisting health care
providers during the coronavirus disease public health emergency,
including money received under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and
Economic Security Act (15 U.S.C. Section 9001 et seq.) and the
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Pub. L. No. 116-260), shall
report the money received to the commission on a monthly basis.
(b) Each quarter, the commission shall compile the
information described by Subsection (a) into a written report
provided to:
(1) the governor, lieutenant governor, and speaker of
the house of representatives;
(2) the Legislative Budget Board; and
(3) the standing committees of the legislature with
primary jurisdiction over state finance and public health.
Sec. 81A.003. DISCIPLINARY ACTION BY LICENSING AUTHORITY.
The appropriate licensing authority may take disciplinary action
against a health care provider that violates this chapter as if the
provider violated an applicable licensing law.
Sec. 81A.004. EXPIRATION. This chapter expires September
1, 2023.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.