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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. Section 254.001(5), Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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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) outpatient acute care services. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |