84R8552 JSC-F
By: Kuempel H.B. No. 1547
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the funding of emergency medical services and trauma
care.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 773.122, Health and Safety Code, is
amended by adding Subsections (b-1), (b-2), and (b-3) to read as
follows:
(b-1) The catastrophic emergency medical services account
is a dedicated account in the general revenue fund. Money from the
account may be appropriated only for the purposes of this section in
a situation in which the reserve described by Subsection (b) is
insufficient to cover costs.
(b-2) At the end of each fiscal year, the commissioner shall
deposit the unexpended balance of the reserve described by
Subsection (b) into the catastrophic emergency medical services
account.
(b-3) If at the end of a fiscal year the amount of money in
the catastrophic emergency medical services account, together with
the unexpended balance of the reserve described by Subsection (b),
exceeds $2 million, the comptroller shall transfer any amount that
exceeds $2 million to the supplemental emergency medical services
grant account under Section 773.1221.
SECTION 2. Subchapter E, Chapter 773, Health and Safety
Code, is amended by adding Section 773.1221 to read as follows:
Sec. 773.1221. SUPPLEMENTAL EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES
GRANT ACCOUNT. (a) The supplemental emergency medical services
grant account is a dedicated account in the general revenue fund
into which money is deposited under Section 773.122(b-3).
(b) Money in the account may be used only to fund grants
under Section 773.119.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.