Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

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1	1		By: Cortez H.B. No. 4590
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4	6		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
5	7		AN ACT
6	8		relating to a cardiac arrest registry for information on the
7	9		incidence and causes of cardiac arrest among certain persons;
8	10		providing an administrative penalty.
9	11		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	12		SECTION 1. Subtitle D, Title 2, Health and Safety Code, is
11	13		amended by adding Chapter 93A to read as follows:
12	14		CHAPTER 93A. CARDIAC ARREST REGISTRY
13	15		Sec. 93A.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
14	16		(1) "Center" means The University of Texas
15	17		Southwestern Medical Center.
16	18		(2) "Physician" means an individual licensed to
17	19		practice medicine in this state.
18	20		(3) "Registry" means the cardiac arrest registry
19	21		established under this chapter.
20	22		Sec. 93A.002. ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF REGISTRY.
21	23		(a) The center shall establish and maintain a cardiac arrest
22	24		registry to collect and aggregate information on the incidence and
23	25		causes of cardiac arrest among individuals younger than 36 years of
24	26		age in this state.
25	27		(b) Not later than the 60th day following the date of death
26	28		of an individual younger than 36 years of age whose death is caused
27	29		by cardiac arrest, the primary physician who attends the
28	30		individual's death shall submit to the center for inclusion in the
29	31		registry information regarding the individual and the death. The
30	32		information must include:
31	33		(1) the age of the individual;
32	34		(2) the time and date of the individual's death;
33	35		(3) a description of the location where and the
34	36		circumstances under which the cardiac arrest occurred;
35	37		(4) a description of the activity in which the
36	38		individual was engaged at the time the cardiac arrest occurred;
37	39		(5) a statement on whether the individual was an
38	40		athlete and if an athlete, each sport the individual participated
39	41		in and the level at which the individual participated in each sport;
40	42		(6) if known by the physician or the individual's
41	43		family, a statement of whether the individual at any time tested
42	44		positive for coronavirus disease (COVID-19); and
43	45		(7) any other information the center determines
44	46		appropriate.
45	47		Sec. 93A.003. PHYSICIAN ACCESS TO REGISTRY; ANNUAL REPORT.
46	48		(a) The center shall ensure that information maintained in the
47	49		registry is accessible to physicians who provide medical care to
48	50		student athletes participating in a sport at any level. The
49	51		information must be aggregated and machine-readable in a manner
50	52		that allows a physician described by this subsection to easily
51	53		navigate the information.
52	54		(b) Not later than September 1 of each even-numbered year,
53	55		the center shall prepare and submit to the legislature a written
54	56		report that summarizes the information submitted to the center for
55	57		inclusion in the registry during the preceding two years.
56	58		Sec. 93A.004. CONFIDENTIALITY. The center shall ensure
57	59		that information accessible to a physician or submitted to the
58	60		legislature under Section 93A.003 does not disclose an individual's
59	61		personally identifiable information or information that is
60	62		confidential under state or federal law.
61	63		Sec. 93A.005. ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTY. (a) The Texas
62	64		Medical Board may assess an administrative penalty against a
63	65		physician who violates Section 93A.002. The administrative penalty
64	66		may not exceed $500 for each violation and shall be based on:
65	67		(1) the history of previous violations;
66	68		(2) the amount necessary to deter a future violation;
67	69		(3) the efforts to correct the violation; and
68	70		(4) any other matter that justice may require.
69	71		(b) The Texas Medical Board by rule shall establish a
70	72		procedure to collect the administrative penalty. A proceeding to
71	73		impose the administrative penalty is considered a contested case
72	74		under Chapter 2001, Government Code.
73	75		SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date
74	76		of this Act, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
75	77		shall establish the cardiac arrest registry as required by Chapter
76	78		93A, Health and Safety Code, as added by this Act.
77	79		SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.