Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

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1		-	H.B. No. 871
	1	+	By: Price, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Perry) H.B. No. 871
	2	+	(In the Senate - Received from the House April 23, 2019;
	3	+	April 24, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on Health &
	4	+	Human Services; May 10, 2019, reported favorably by the following
	5	+	vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 10, 2019, sent to printer.)
	6	+	Click here to see the committee vote
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	9	+	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
4	10		AN ACT
5	11		relating to use of telemedicine medical service by certain trauma
6	12		facilities.
7	13		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
8	14		SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 773, Health and Safety
9	15		Code, is amended by adding Section 773.1151 to read as follows:
10	16		Sec. 773.1151. USE OF TELEMEDICINE MEDICAL SERVICE BY
11	17		CERTAIN TRAUMA FACILITIES. (a) In this section, "telemedicine
12	18		medical service" has the meaning assigned by Section 111.001,
13	19		Occupations Code.
14	20		(b) A health care facility located in a county with a
15	21		population of less than 30,000 may satisfy a Level IV trauma
16	22		facility designation requirement relating to physicians through
17	23		the use of telemedicine medical service in which an on-call
18	24		physician who has special competence in the care of critically
19	25		injured patients provides patient assessment, diagnosis,
20	26		consultation, or treatment or transfers medical data to a
21	27		physician, advanced practice registered nurse, or physician
22	28		assistant located at the facility.
23	29		(c) In establishing the requirements for designating a
24	30		facility as a Level IV trauma facility, the executive commissioner
25	31		may not adopt rules that:
26	32		(1) require the physical presence or physical
27	33		availability of a physician who has special competence in the care
28	34		of critically injured patients; or
29	35		(2) prohibit the use of telemedicine medical service
30	36		that meets the requirements of Subsection (b).
31	37		SECTION 2. The executive commissioner of the Health and
32	38		Human Services Commission shall adopt rules to implement Section
33	39		773.1151, Health and Safety Code, as added by this Act, not later
34	40		than December 1, 2019.
35	41		SECTION 3. Notwithstanding Section 773.1151, Health and
36	42		Safety Code, as added by this Act, a health care facility located in
37	43		a county with a population of less than 30,000 may use telemedicine
38	44		medical service to satisfy a Level IV trauma facility designation
39	45		requirement only on or after January 1, 2020.
40	46		SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
41		-	______________________________ ______________________________
42		-	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
43		-	I certify that H.B. No. 871 was passed by the House on April
44		-	17, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 136, Nays 0, 2 present, not
45		-	voting.
46		-	______________________________
47		-	Chief Clerk of the House
48		-	I certify that H.B. No. 871 was passed by the Senate on May
49		-	16, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
50		-	______________________________
51		-	Secretary of the Senate
52		-	APPROVED: _____________________
53		-	Date
54		-	_____________________
55		-	Governor
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