Bill Text: TX SB1911 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the information included in a foster child's health passport.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-19 - Referred to Health & Human Services [SB1911 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB1911-Introduced.html
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By: Johnson | S.B. No. 1911 |
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relating to the information included in a foster child's health | ||
passport. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 266.006(b), Family Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(b) The executive commissioner, in collaboration with the | ||
commissioner, shall adopt rules specifying the information | ||
required to be included in the passport. The required information | ||
may include: | ||
(1) the name and address of each of the child's | ||
physicians and health care providers; | ||
(2) a record of each visit to a physician or other | ||
health care provider, including routine checkups conducted in | ||
accordance with the Texas Health Steps program; | ||
(3) an immunization record that may be exchanged with | ||
ImmTrac; | ||
(4) a list of the child's known health problems and | ||
allergies; | ||
(5) information on all medications prescribed to the | ||
child in adequate detail to permit refill of prescriptions, | ||
including the disease or condition that the medication treats; | ||
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(6) to the extent allowed by federal law, information | ||
from the child's electronic health record, as defined by Section | ||
32.201, Human Resources Code, including the child's medical | ||
history, medical progress notes, and medication list; and | ||
(7) any other available health history that physicians | ||
and other health care providers who provide care for the child | ||
determine is important. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |