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1	1	By: Schwertner S.B. No. 830
2	2	(In the Senate - Filed February 26, 2013; March 5, 2013,
3	3	read first time and referred to Committee on Health and Human
4	4	Services; April 15, 2013, reported adversely, with favorable
5	5	Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0;
6	6	April 15, 2013, sent to printer.)
7	7	COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 830 By: Schwertner
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10	10	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
11	11	AN ACT
12	12	relating to use of telemedicine in certain trauma facilities.
13	13	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
14	14	SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 773, Health and Safety
15	15	Code, is amended by adding Section 773.1151 to read as follows:
16	16	Sec. 773.1151. USE OF TELEMEDICINE BY CERTAIN TRAUMA
17	17	FACILITIES. (a) In this section, "telemedicine" means a health
18	18	care service that is initiated by a physician, advanced practice
19	19	nurse, or physician assistant and that requires the use of advanced
20	20	telecommunications technology, other than telephone or facsimile
21	21	technology, including:
22	22	(1) compressed digital interactive video, audio, or
23	23	data transmission;
24	24	(2) clinical data transmission using computer imaging
25	25	by way of still-image capture and store and forward; and
26	26	(3) other technology that facilitates access to health
27	27	care services or medical specialty expertise.
28	28	(b) A health care facility located in a county with a
29	29	population of less than 50,000 may use telemedicine to satisfy a
30	30	level IV trauma facility designation requirement relating to
31	31	physicians if an on-call physician who has special competence in
32	32	the care of critically injured patients uses telemedicine to
33	33	provide patient assessment, diagnosis, consultation, or treatment
34	34	or to transfer medical data to a physician, advanced practice
35	35	nurse, or physician assistant located at the facility.
36	36	(c) Department rules may not, as part of the requirements
37	37	for designation of the facility as a level IV trauma facility,
38	38	require the physical presence or physical availability of a
39	39	physician who has special competence in the care of critically
40	40	injured patients and may not prohibit the use of telemedicine that
41	41	meets the requirements of Subsection (b).
42	42	SECTION 2. The executive commissioner of the Health and
43	43	Human Services Commission shall adopt rules to implement Section
44	44	773.1151, Health and Safety Code, as added by this Act, not later
45	45	than December 1, 2013.
46	46	SECTION 3. Notwithstanding Section 773.1151, Health and
47	47	Safety Code, as added by this Act, a health care facility located in
48	48	a county with a population of less than 50,000 may use telemedicine
49	49	to satisfy a level IV trauma facility designation requirement only
50	50	on or after January 1, 2014.
51	51	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
52	52	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
53	53	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
54	54	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
55	55	Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
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