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89(R) HB 5098 - House Committee Report version - Bill Text
89R22204 LRM-D
By: Curry
H.B. No. 5098
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 5098:
By: VanDeaver
C.S.H.B. No. 5098
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the establishment of an interoperable care coordination
solution loan program for certain health care facilities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subtitle I, Title 2, Health and Safety Code, is
amended by adding Chapter 183 to read as follows:
CHAPTER 183.
INTEROPERABLE CARE COORDINATION SOLUTION LOAN PROGRAM
FOR CERTAIN HEALTH CARE FACILITIES
Sec. 183.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
(1)
"Health care facility" means a facility licensed
to provide health care services.
The term includes a nursing
facility licensed under Chapter 242, a continuing care facility
regulated under Chapter 246, an assisted living facility licensed
under Chapter 247, and a mental hospital or other mental health
facility licensed under Chapter 577.
The term does not include:
(A)
an abortion provider, as defined by Section
171.002;
(B) a diagnostic, laboratory, or imaging center;
(C) a hospital licensed under Chapter 241;
(D)
a boarding home facility, as defined by
Section 260.001, that holds a permit issued under Chapter 260; or
(E)
a center for independent living, as defined
by Section 702 of the federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C.
Section 796a).
(2)
"Loan program" means the loan program established
under this chapter.
Sec.
183.002.
LOAN PROGRAM. (a) The executive
commissioner by rule shall establish a loan program to provide
loans to health care facilities to purchase, implement, and sustain
interoperable care coordination solutions, including electronic
health record systems, to ensure streamlined communication between
health care facilities regarding patient health records.
(b) The executive commissioner by rule shall establish:
(1)
eligibility criteria for health care facilities to
receive a loan under this chapter;
(2) loan application procedures;
(3)
guidelines relating to loan amounts, terms, and
repayment schedules;
(4) procedures for evaluating loan applications; and
(5)
procedures for monitoring the use of a loan
awarded under the loan program and ensuring compliance with any
conditions of the loan.
(c)
The rules adopted under Subsection (b) must include a
preference for granting loans to health care facilities that:
(1)
provide services in medically underserved or rural
areas; or
(2) provide services to Medicaid recipients.
(d)
The commission may accept gifts, grants, and donations
from public and private entities to use for the purposes of this
chapter.
(e)
The commission shall make a loan under this chapter
using money appropriated to the commission for that purpose or
gifts, grants, and donations received under Subsection (d).
Sec.
183.003.
ADMINISTRATION OF LOAN PROGRAM. A loan made
by the commission under the loan program:
(1)
must bear an interest rate not to exceed one
percent and be made for a term not to exceed 10 years; and
(2)
may be awarded in an amount necessary to assist a
health care facility purchase, implement, and sustain
interoperable care coordination solutions, including an electronic
health record system, not to exceed:
(A)
80 percent of the cost of purchasing,
implementing, and sustaining interoperable care coordination
solutions for a health care facility described by Section
183.002(c); or
(B)
50 percent of the cost of purchasing,
implementing, and sustaining interoperable care coordination
solutions for a health care facility not described by Section
183.002(c).
Sec.
183.004.
RULEMAKING. The executive commissioner shall
adopt rules necessary to administer this chapter.
SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date
of this Act, the executive commissioner of the Health and Human
Services Commission shall adopt rules necessary to implement
Chapter 183, Health and Safety Code, as added by this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.