Bill Text: TX SR850 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction on SB 1742.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-26 - Reported enrolled [SR850 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SR850-Enrolled.html
By: Menéndez | S.R. No. 850 |
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BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the State | ||
of Texas, 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019, That House | ||
Rule 13, Section 9(a), be suspended in part as provided by House | ||
Rule 13, Section 9(f), to enable the conference committee | ||
appointed to resolve the differences on Senate Bill 1742 | ||
(physician and health care provider directories, | ||
preauthorization, utilization review, independent review, and | ||
peer review for certain health benefit plans and workers' | ||
compensation coverage) to consider and take action on the | ||
following matter: | ||
House Rule 13, Section 9(a)(4), is suspended to permit the | ||
conference committee to add text on a matter not included in | ||
either the house or senate version of the bill by adding the | ||
following new ARTICLE to the bill: | ||
ARTICLE 4. JOINT INTERIM STUDY | ||
SECTION 4.01. CREATION OF JOINT INTERIM COMMITTEE. | ||
(a) A joint interim committee is created to study, review, and | ||
report on the use of prior authorization and utilization review | ||
processes by private health benefit plan issuers in this state, | ||
as provided by Section 4.02 of this article, and propose reforms | ||
under that section related to the transparency of and improving | ||
patient outcomes under the prior authorization and utilization | ||
review processes used by private health benefit plan issuers in | ||
this state. | ||
(b) The joint interim committee shall be composed of four | ||
senators appointed by the lieutenant governor and four members of | ||
the house of representatives appointed by the speaker of the | ||
house of representatives. | ||
(c) The lieutenant governor and speaker of the house of | ||
representatives shall each designate a co-chair from among the | ||
joint interim committee members. | ||
(d) The joint interim committee shall convene at the | ||
joint call of the co-chairs. | ||
(e) The joint interim committee has all other powers and | ||
duties provided to a special or select committee by the rules of | ||
the senate and house of representatives, by Subchapter B, Chapter | ||
301, Government Code, and by policies of the senate and house | ||
committees on administration. | ||
SECTION 4.02. INTERIM STUDY REGARDING PRIOR | ||
AUTHORIZATION AND UTILIZATION REVIEW PROCESSES. (a) The joint | ||
interim committee created by Section 4.01 of this article shall | ||
study data and other information available from the Texas | ||
Department of Insurance, the office of public insurance counsel, | ||
or other sources the committee determines relevant to examine and | ||
analyze the transparency of and improving patient outcomes under | ||
the prior authorization and utilization review processes used by | ||
private health benefit plan issuers in this state. | ||
(b) The joint interim committee shall propose reforms | ||
based on the study required under Subsection (a) of this section | ||
to improve the transparency of and patient outcomes under prior | ||
authorization and utilization review processes in this state. | ||
(c) The joint interim committee shall prepare a report of | ||
the findings and proposed reforms. | ||
SECTION 4.03. COMMITTEE FINDINGS AND PROPOSED REFORMS. | ||
(a) Not later than December 1, 2020, the joint interim committee | ||
created under Section 4.01 of this article shall submit to the | ||
lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of | ||
representatives, and the governor the report prepared under | ||
Section 4.02 of this article. The joint interim committee shall | ||
include in its report recommendations of specific statutory and | ||
regulatory changes that appear necessary from the committee's | ||
study under Section 4.02 of this article. | ||
(b) Not later than the 60th day after the effective date | ||
of this Act, the lieutenant governor and speaker of the house of | ||
representatives shall appoint the members of the joint interim | ||
committee in accordance with Section 4.01 of this article. | ||
SECTION 4.04. ABOLITION OF COMMITTEE. The joint interim | ||
committee created under Section 4.01 of this article is abolished | ||
and this article expires December 15, 2020. | ||
Explanation: The addition is necessary to provide for the | ||
interim study of the use of prior authorization and utilization | ||
review processes by health benefit plan issuers in this state and | ||
the proposal of reforms to improve the transparency of and | ||
patient outcomes under those processes. | ||
_______________________________ | ||
President of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that the | ||
above Resolution was adopted by | ||
the Senate on May 26, 2019, by | ||
the following vote: Yeas 31, | ||
Nays 0. | ||
_______________________________ | ||
Secretary of the Senate |