Sec. 104.0156. HEALTH CARE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ADVISORY COMMITTEE. (a) The statewide health coordinating council shall form an advisory committee on health care information technology. The committee must include representatives of interested groups, including the academic community, health plans, pharmacies, and associations of physicians, hospitals, and nurses. The committee must also include at least one member with at least 10 years of experience in the health care information technology industry.
(b) The advisory committee shall develop a long-range plan for health care information technology, including the use of electronic medical records, computerized clinical support systems, computerized physician order entry, regional data sharing interchanges for health care information, and other methods of incorporating information technology in pursuit of greater cost-effectiveness and better patient outcomes in health care. In developing the long-range plan, the advisory committee shall study the effect of health care information technology on price disparities in insurance coverage for residents of this state.
(c) The advisory committee shall elect a presiding officer.
(d) Members of the advisory committee serve without compensation but are entitled to reimbursement for the members' travel expenses as provided by Chapter 660, Government Code, and the General Appropriations Act.
(e) Chapter 2110, Government Code, does not apply to the size, composition, or duration of the advisory committee.
(f) Meetings of the advisory committee under this section are subject to Chapter 551, Government Code.
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 785 (S.B. 45), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.
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