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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to emergency medical services. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 773.004(a), Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) This chapter does not apply to: |
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(1) [a ground transfer vehicle and staff used to
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transport a patient who is under a physician's care between medical
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facilities or between a medical facility and a private residence,
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unless it is medically necessary to transport the patient using a
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stretcher;
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[(2)] air transfer that does not advertise as an |
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ambulance service and that is not licensed by the department; |
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(2) [(3)] the use of ground or air transfer vehicles |
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to transport sick or injured persons in a casualty situation that |
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exceeds the basic vehicular capacity or capability of emergency |
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medical services providers in the area; |
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(3) [(4)] an industrial ambulance; or |
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(4) [(5)] a physician, registered nurse, or other |
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health care practitioner licensed by this state unless the health |
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care practitioner staffs an emergency medical services vehicle |
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regularly. |
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SECTION 2. Section 773.041, 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 person may not transport a patient by stretcher in a |
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vehicle unless the person holds a license as an emergency medical |
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services provider issued by the department in accordance with this |
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chapter. |
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SECTION 3. Not later than November 1, 2007, the executive |
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commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission shall |
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adopt the rules necessary to implement the changes in law made by |
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this Act to Chapter 773, Health and Safety Code. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |