Bill Text: TX HB4985 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a grant program for technological enhancements at certain health care facilities that provide mental health care services.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-23 - Referred to Public Health [HB4985 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB4985-Introduced.html
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| By: Lujan | H.B. No. 4985 | |
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| relating to a grant program for technological enhancements at | ||
| certain health care facilities that provide mental health care | ||
| services. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 531, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 531.09915 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 531.09915. GRANT PROGRAM FOR TECHNOLOGICAL | ||
| ENHANCEMENTS AT CERTAIN HEALTH CARE FACILITIES PROVIDING MENTAL | ||
| HEALTH CARE SERVICES. (a) In this section, "health care facility" | ||
| means: | ||
| (1) a hospital licensed under Chapter 241, Health and | ||
| Safety Code, that is located in a rural county; or | ||
| (2) a hospital licensed under Chapter 577, Health and | ||
| Safety Code. | ||
| (b) The commission shall establish a grant program for the | ||
| purpose of enhancing the technological capabilities of health care | ||
| facilities providing mental health care services in this state. | ||
| (c) To be eligible for a grant under this section, a health | ||
| care facility must: | ||
| (1) demonstrate how the grant money will be used to | ||
| improve the quality of and access to mental health care services in | ||
| this state; | ||
| (2) align with the interoperability and technology | ||
| standards in the 21st Century Cures Act (Pub. L. No. 114-255); and | ||
| (3) meet any other additional eligibility criteria | ||
| established by the commission. | ||
| (d) A health care facility awarded a grant under this | ||
| section may use the grant money to: | ||
| (1) purchase a recordkeeping platform that uses a | ||
| certified electronic health record; | ||
| (2) expand the interoperability of health information | ||
| in the health care facility or as part of a network with other | ||
| health care providers; | ||
| (3) expand a patient's access to the patient's digital | ||
| health records and mental health care services; | ||
| (4) improve information technology infrastructure | ||
| regarding the data privacy and security of patient information, | ||
| including consent management; and | ||
| (5) improve the efficiency of the provision of mental | ||
| health care services through the use and interconnectivity of | ||
| mobile devices. | ||
| (e) The commission may solicit and accept gifts, grants, and | ||
| donations from any source for the purposes of awarding grants under | ||
| this section. | ||
| (f) Not later than December 1 of each even-numbered year, | ||
| the commission shall submit a report to the legislature regarding | ||
| the results of the grant program administered under this section. | ||
| (g) The commission may adopt any rules necessary to | ||
| implement this section. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
