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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the funding of emergency medical services and trauma |
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care. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 773.122, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended by adding Subsections (b-1), (b-2), and (b-3) to read as |
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follows: |
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(b-1) The catastrophic emergency medical services account |
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is a dedicated account in the general revenue fund. Money from the |
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account may be appropriated only for the purposes of this section in |
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a situation in which the reserve described by Subsection (b) is |
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insufficient to cover costs. |
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(b-2) At the end of each fiscal year, the commissioner shall |
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deposit the unexpended balance of the reserve described by |
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Subsection (b) into the catastrophic emergency medical services |
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account. |
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(b-3) If at the end of a fiscal year the amount of money in |
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the catastrophic emergency medical services account, together with |
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the unexpended balance of the reserve described by Subsection (b), |
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exceeds $2 million, the comptroller shall transfer any amount that |
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exceeds $2 million to the supplemental emergency medical services |
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grant account under Section 773.1221. |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter E, Chapter 773, Health and Safety |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 773.1221 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 773.1221. SUPPLEMENTAL EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES |
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GRANT ACCOUNT. (a) The supplemental emergency medical services |
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grant account is a dedicated account in the general revenue fund |
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into which money is deposited under Section 773.122(b-3). |
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(b) Money in the account may be used only to fund grants |
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under Section 773.119. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |