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.