By: Madla S.B. No. 692
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to emergency medical services providers reporting certain
information to the Texas Department of Health.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 773, Health and Safety
Code, is amended by adding Section 773.0613 to read as follows:
Sec. 773.0613. INFORMATION REPORT TO DEPARTMENT. (a) An
emergency medical services provider licensed under this chapter
shall annually submit a report to the department containing
information relating to the number and types of runs the emergency
medical services provider makes.
(b) The department shall adopt rules relating to the type of
information an emergency medical services provider must provide
under this section and the manner in which the information must be
provided.
(c) The department shall post the information the
department receives under Subsection (a) in summary form on the
department's Internet website. The department may not post any
health information that is made confidential by another statute.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.