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1	1	H.B. No. 1488
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4	4	AN ACT
5	5	relating to sickle cell disease health care improvement and the
6	6	sickle cell task force.
7	7	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
8	8	SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 533, Government Code, is
9	9	amended by adding Section 533.0091 to read as follows:
10	10	Sec. 533.0091. SICKLE CELL DISEASE TREATMENT. To the
11	11	extent possible, the commission shall:
12	12	(1) in collaboration with the sickle cell task force
13	13	established under Chapter 52, Health and Safety Code:
14	14	(A) support initiatives to assist managed care
15	15	plans in promoting timely, evidence-informed health care services
16	16	to plan enrollees diagnosed with sickle cell disease to ensure the
17	17	services reflect national clinical practice guidelines and
18	18	protocols for sickle cell disease treatment and meet medical
19	19	necessity criteria; and
20	20	(B) address sickle cell disease education for
21	21	Medicaid providers, including emergency department providers, by
22	22	collaborating with medical specialty organizations in this state,
23	23	state agencies, and health-related institutions to promote
24	24	existing or new continuing education courses or facilitate
25	25	development of any necessary new courses to improve the diagnosis,
26	26	treatment, and management of sickle cell disease and the personal
27	27	treatment of patients with sickle cell disease; and
28	28	(2) use the commission's existing data to identify
29	29	opportunities for improving health outcomes of recipients
30	30	diagnosed with sickle cell disease by:
31	31	(A) reducing hospital admissions and
32	32	readmissions; and
33	33	(B) connecting those recipients to a sickle cell
34	34	disease health home or sickle cell disease expert.
35	35	SECTION 2. Sections 52.0003 and 52.0007, Health and Safety
36	36	Code, are amended to read as follows:
37	37	Sec. 52.0003. COMPOSITION OF TASK FORCE. The task force is
38	38	composed of the following members appointed by the executive
39	39	commissioner:
40	40	(1) two members from community-based organizations
41	41	with experience addressing the needs of individuals with sickle
42	42	cell disease;
43	43	(2) two physicians specializing in hematology;
44	44	(3) three [two] members of the public, one of whom has
45	45	sickle cell disease or sickle cell trait and two [each] of whom
46	46	either have [has] sickle cell disease or are [is] a parent of a
47	47	person with sickle cell disease or sickle cell trait; [and]
48	48	(4) one representative of a health-related
49	49	institution;
50	50	(5) one representative of the Texas Education Agency;
51	51	(6) one representative of the commission;
52	52	(7) one physician with experience addressing the needs
53	53	of individuals with sickle cell disease or sickle cell trait;
54	54	(8) one researcher from a public health-related or
55	55	academic institution with experience addressing sickle cell
56	56	disease and sickle cell trait; and
57	57	(9) one health care professional with experience
58	58	addressing the needs of individuals with sickle cell disease or
59	59	sickle cell trait.
60	60	Sec. 52.0007. ANNUAL REPORT. (a) Not later than December 1
61	61	of each year, the task force shall prepare and submit to the
62	62	governor and the legislature an annual written report that
63	63	summarizes the task force's work and includes any recommended
64	64	actions or policy changes endorsed by the task force.
65	65	(b) The task force shall, in collaboration with the
66	66	commission, include in the task force's annual report
67	67	recommendations for improving sickle cell disease education for
68	68	health care providers.
69	69	SECTION 3. Chapter 52, Health and Safety Code, is amended by
70	70	adding Section 52.0008 to read as follows:
71	71	Sec. 52.0008. EXPIRATION. The task force is abolished and
72	72	this chapter expires August 31, 2035.
73	73	SECTION 4. Subtitle B, Title 2, Health and Safety Code, is
74	74	amended by adding Chapter 52A to read as follows:
75	75	CHAPTER 52A. SICKLE CELL DISEASE CARE EDUCATION AND TREATMENT
76	76	Sec. 52A.001. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "sickle cell
77	77	task force" means the sickle cell task force established under
78	78	Chapter 52.
79	79	Sec. 52A.002. EMERGENCY AND PRIMARY CARE MEDICINE GRADUATE
80	80	MEDICAL EDUCATION PROGRAM CURRICULUM. (a) In this section,
81	81	"graduate medical education program" and "medical school" have the
82	82	meanings assigned by Section 58A.001, Education Code.
83	83	(b) A medical school or graduate medical education program
84	84	in this state that offers an emergency medicine, family medicine,
85	85	internal medicine, obstetrics, or pediatrics residency program
86	86	shall examine and, to the extent possible, incorporate in the
87	87	curriculum requirements for the program education focused on sickle
88	88	cell disease and sickle cell trait. The medical school or graduate
89	89	medical education program may enter into agreements as necessary
90	90	for the purposes of this section.
91	91	Sec. 52A.003. INFORMATION FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT
92	92	PERSONNEL. (a) To the extent possible, the Texas Education Agency
93	93	in collaboration with sickle cell disease community-based
94	94	organizations shall provide information on sickle cell disease and
95	95	sickle cell trait to public school districts and district staff,
96	96	including school nurses, teachers, and coaches.
97	97	(b) The commission in collaboration with the sickle cell
98	98	task force shall explore methods for improving sickle cell disease
99	99	education and awareness within the public school system and provide
100	100	recommendations to the Texas Education Agency on the improvement
101	101	methods.
102	102	SECTION 5. As soon as practicable after the effective date
103	103	of this Act, the executive commissioner of the Health and Human
104	104	Services Commission shall appoint the new members of the sickle
105	105	cell task force as required by Section 52.0003, Health and Safety
106	106	Code, as amended by this Act.
107	107	SECTION 6. Section 52A.002, Health and Safety Code, as
108	108	added by this Act, applies to residents entering an emergency
109	109	medicine, family medicine, internal medicine, obstetrics, or
110	110	pediatrics residency program at a medical school or graduate
111	111	medical education program in this state on or after January 1, 2024.
112	112	SECTION 7. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
113	113	______________________________ ______________________________
114	114	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
115	115	I certify that H.B. No. 1488 was passed by the House on April
116	116	11, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 107, Nays 33, 1 present, not
117	117	voting.
118	118	______________________________
119	119	Chief Clerk of the House
120	120	I certify that H.B. No. 1488 was passed by the Senate on May
121	121	17, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 27, Nays 4.
122	122	______________________________
123	123	Secretary of the Senate
124	124	APPROVED: _____________________
125	125	Date
126	126	_____________________
127	127	Governor