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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to services provided by freestanding emergency medical |
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care facilities. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 254.001(1) and (5), Health and Safety |
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Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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(1) "Acute care services" means outpatient medical |
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services, including radiology services, laboratory services, |
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immunization services, and other non-emergent physician services |
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["Department" means the Department of State Health Services]. |
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(5) "Freestanding emergency medical care facility" |
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means a facility, structurally separate and distinct from a |
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hospital, that receives an individual and provides: |
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(A) emergency care, as defined by Subdivision |
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(2); and |
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(B) acute care services, as defined by |
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Subdivision (1). |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 254, Health and Safety |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 254.002 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 254.002. REFERENCE IN LAW. A reference in this chapter |
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to "department" means the Health and Human Services Commission. |
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SECTION 3. Section 254.1555, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: |
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(a-1) A facility that provides acute care services may not |
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charge an emergency facility fee for providing the services. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |