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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the composition of the Governor's EMS and Trauma |
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Advisory Council. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 773.012(b) and (f), Health and Safety |
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Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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(b) The advisory council is composed of the following 17 |
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[15] members appointed by the governor: |
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(1) a board-certified emergency physician, appointed |
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from a list of names recommended by a statewide professional |
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association of emergency physicians; |
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(2) a licensed physician who is an emergency medical |
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services medical director, appointed from a list of names |
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recommended by a statewide professional association of emergency |
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medical services medical directors; |
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(3) a registered nurse, appointed from a list of names |
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recommended by a statewide professional association of emergency |
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nurses; |
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(4) a fire chief for a municipality that provides |
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emergency medical services, appointed from a list of names |
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recommended by a statewide fire chiefs association; |
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(5) [(4)] an officer or employee of a private |
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provider of emergency medical services who is involved with the |
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development of a Texas Trauma System, appointed from a list of names |
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recommended by a statewide association of private providers of |
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emergency medical services; |
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(6) [(5)] a volunteer who provides emergency medical |
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services, appointed from a list of names recommended by a statewide |
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association of volunteers; |
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(7) [(6)] an educator in the field of emergency |
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medical services; |
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(8) [(7)] a member of an emergency medical services |
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air medical team or unit, appointed from a list of names recommended |
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by a statewide emergency medical services air medical association; |
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(9) [(8)] a representative of a fire department that |
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provides emergency medical services, appointed from a list of names |
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recommended by a statewide association of firefighters; |
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(10) [(9)] a representative of hospitals who is |
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affiliated with a hospital that is a designated trauma facility in |
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an urban community, appointed from a list of names recommended by a |
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statewide association of hospitals; |
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(11) [(10)] a representative of hospitals, who is |
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affiliated with a hospital that is a designated trauma facility in a |
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rural community, appointed from a list of names recommended by a |
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statewide association of hospitals; |
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(12) [(11)] a representative of a county provider of |
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emergency medical services; |
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(13) [(12)] one licensed physician who is a |
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pediatrician with trauma or emergency care expertise; |
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(14) [(13)] one trauma surgeon; |
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(15) [or] one registered nurse with trauma expertise; |
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and |
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(16) [(14)] two representatives of the general |
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public who are not qualified to serve under another subdivision of |
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this subsection. |
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(f) Members of the advisory council serve staggered |
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six-year terms with the terms of five or six members expiring |
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January 1 of each even-numbered year. A vacancy on the advisory |
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council is filled in the same manner as the original appointment for |
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the unexpired term. |
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SECTION 2. Not later than December 1, 2019, the governor |
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shall appoint the members of the council as required by Section |
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773.012(b)(3), Health and Safety Code, as amended by this Act, and |
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Section 773.012(b)(15), Health and Safety Code, as added by this |
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Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |