83R5892 SCL-D
By: Deuell S.B. No. 413
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, is amended by adding Section 254.002 to read as follows:
Sec. 254.002. APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER; LIMITATIONS ON
FACILITY FEES AND RULEMAKING AUTHORITY. (a) This chapter may not
be construed as prohibiting a licensed health care professional in
a freestanding emergency medical care facility licensed under this
chapter from providing at the time emergency care is provided
medical care 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. The health care
professional may charge a facility fee for the medical care or
public health service provided to a patient only if the care or
service is provided:
(1) as part of the emergency care provided to the
patient; or
(2) at the time nonrelated emergency care is provided
to the patient.
(b) The executive commissioner may not adopt a rule under
Section 254.151(a) 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, 2013.