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| 1 | - | By: White, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Schwertner) H.B. No. 639 | |
| 2 | - | (In the Senate - Received from the House May 17, 2021; | |
| 3 | - | May 17, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on Local | |
| 4 | - | Government; May 22, 2021, reported adversely, with favorable | |
| 5 | - | Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; | |
| 6 | - | May 22, 2021, sent to printer.) | |
| 7 | - | Click here to see the committee vote | |
| 8 | - | COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 639 By: Menéndez | |
| 1 | + | 87R19193 MCF-F | |
| 2 | + | By: White, Cortez, Oliverson, et al. H.B. No. 639 | |
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| 11 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 12 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 13 | 7 | relating to the authority of an emergency services district to | |
| 14 | - | provide preventive health care services. | |
| 8 | + | provide preventive health care services; authorizing a fee. | |
| 15 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 16 | 10 | SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 775, Health and Safety | |
| 17 | 11 | Code, is amended by adding Section 775.0311 to read as follows: | |
| 18 | 12 | Sec. 775.0311. PREVENTIVE HEALTH CARE SERVICES. (a) This | |
| 19 | 13 | section applies to a district that is licensed as or contracts with: | |
| 20 | 14 | (1) an emergency medical services provider under | |
| 21 | 15 | Chapter 773; or | |
| 22 | 16 | (2) a first responder organization under Chapter 773. | |
| 23 | 17 | (b) In this section, "preventive health care services" | |
| 24 | 18 | means out-of-hospital routine health care services, including | |
| 25 | 19 | immunizations, screenings, checkups, and patient counseling, | |
| 26 | 20 | provided for the purpose of preventing illness, disease, or other | |
| 27 | 21 | health problems. | |
| 28 | - | (c) A district may provide preventive health care services | |
| 29 | - | to reduce reliance on 9-1-1 transports and systems for routine | |
| 30 | - | health care and contract with the state or a local government, as | |
| 31 | - | provided by Section 775.0366, to provide those services. | |
| 22 | + | (c) If approved by the commissioners court of each county in | |
| 23 | + | which a district is located, the district may provide preventive | |
| 24 | + | health care services to reduce reliance on 9-1-1 transports and | |
| 25 | + | systems for routine health care, contract with the state or a local | |
| 26 | + | government, as provided by Section 775.0366, to provide those | |
| 27 | + | services, and charge a reasonable fee for performing those services | |
| 28 | + | for or on behalf of a person or entity, as provided by Section | |
| 29 | + | 775.040. | |
| 32 | 30 | (d) A reference in this chapter to the district providing | |
| 33 | 31 | emergency services includes preventive health care services. | |
| 34 | 32 | (e) A district may make necessary improvements and adopt | |
| 35 | 33 | rules and regulations for the purposes of this section. | |
| 36 | 34 | (f) A district in a county with a population of less than | |
| 37 | 35 | 60,000 must obtain approval from the county commissioners court | |
| 38 | 36 | prior to providing services under this section. | |
| 39 | 37 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 40 | 38 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 41 | 39 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 42 | 40 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 43 | 41 | Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | |
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