By: Deuell S.B. No. 1206
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to medical care and public health services provided by a
health care professional in a licensed freestanding emergency
medical care facility.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 254, Health and Safety
Code, as added by Chapter 1273 (H.B. 1357), Acts of the 81st
Legislature, Regular Session, 2009, is amended by adding Section
254.002 to read as follows:
Sec. 254.002. APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER; LIMITATION ON
RULEMAKING AUTHORITY. (a) This chapter may not be construed as
prohibiting a licensed health care professional from providing in a
freestanding emergency medical care facility licensed under this
chapter medical care provided at the time emergency care is
provided, or public health services, that are within the scope of
the health care professional's license and that are not required to
be provided in another facility under other law.
(b) In adopting rules under Section 254.151(a), the
executive commissioner may not adopt a rule that conflicts with
Subsection (a).
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2011.