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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to emergency planning for the transportation of certain |
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end stage renal disease facility patients during a declared |
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disaster. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 773.050, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (j) to read as follows: |
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(j) Consistent with rules adopted under Section 773.112, |
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the executive commissioner by rule shall require that each |
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applicable emergency medical services provider have a plan for |
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providing a dialysis patient who places an emergency 9-1-1 |
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telephone call during a declared disaster an alternative mode of |
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transportation directly to and from an outpatient end stage renal |
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disease facility if the patient's normal and alternative modes of |
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transportation cannot be used during the disaster. An emergency |
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medical services provider's plan under this subsection may |
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prioritize providing transportation for a patient suffering from an |
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acute emergency condition over transportation for a dialysis |
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patient. For purposes of this subsection: |
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(1) "Disaster" has the meaning assigned by Section |
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418.004, Government Code. The term includes a disaster declared |
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by: |
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(A) the president of the United States under the |
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Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 |
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U.S.C. Section 5121 et seq.); and |
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(B) the governor under Section 418.014, |
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Government Code. |
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(2) "End stage renal disease facility" has the meaning |
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assigned by Section 251.001. |
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SECTION 2. Section 773.112(d), Health and Safety Code, is |
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repealed. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |