| 1 | 1 | | 87R2919 MCF-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: White H.B. No. 472 |
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| 4 | 4 | | |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to services provided by freestanding emergency medical |
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| 8 | 8 | | care facilities. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 254.001, Health and Safety Code, is |
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| 11 | 11 | | amended by amending Subdivisions (1) and (5) and adding |
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| 12 | 12 | | Subdivisions (1-a) and (1-b) to read as follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | (1) "Acute care services" means outpatient medical |
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| 14 | 14 | | services, including radiology services, laboratory services, |
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| 15 | 15 | | immunization services, and other non-emergent physician services. |
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| 16 | 16 | | (1-a) "Commission" means the Health and Human Services |
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| 17 | 17 | | Commission. |
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| 18 | 18 | | (1-b) "Department" means the commission [Department |
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| 19 | 19 | | of State Health Services]. |
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| 20 | 20 | | (5) "Freestanding emergency medical care facility" |
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| 21 | 21 | | means a facility, structurally separate and distinct from a |
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| 22 | 22 | | hospital, that receives an individual and provides: |
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| 23 | 23 | | (A) emergency care, as defined by Subdivision |
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| 24 | 24 | | (2); and |
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| 25 | 25 | | (B) acute care services, as defined by |
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| 26 | 26 | | Subdivision (1). |
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| 27 | 27 | | SECTION 2. Subchapter D, Chapter 254, Health and Safety |
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| 28 | 28 | | Code, is amended by adding Section 254.1555 to read as follows: |
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| 29 | 29 | | Sec. 254.1555. CERTAIN FEES PROHIBITED. A facility that |
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| 30 | 30 | | provides acute care services may not charge an emergency facility |
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| 31 | 31 | | fee for providing the services. |
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| 32 | 32 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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