By: Miles, West S.B. No. 2133
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to emergency planning for the transportation of certain
  end stage renal disease facility patients during a declared
  disaster.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 773.050, Health and Safety Code, is
  amended by adding Subsection (j) to read as follows:
         (j)  Consistent with rules adopted under Section 773.112,
  the executive commissioner by rule shall require that each
  applicable emergency medical services provider have a plan for
  providing a dialysis patient who places an emergency 9-1-1
  telephone call during a declared disaster an alternative mode of
  transportation directly to and from an outpatient end stage renal
  disease facility if the patient's normal and alternative modes of
  transportation cannot be used during the disaster.  An emergency
  medical services provider's plan under this subsection may
  prioritize providing transportation for a patient suffering from an
  acute emergency condition over transportation for a dialysis
  patient.  For purposes of this subsection:
               (1)  "Disaster" has the meaning assigned by Section
  418.004, Government Code.  The term includes a disaster declared
  by:
                     (A)  the president of the United States under the
  Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42
  U.S.C. Section 5121 et seq.); and
                     (B)  the governor under Section 418.014,
  Government Code.
               (2)  "End stage renal disease facility" has the meaning
  assigned by Section 251.001.
         SECTION 2.  Section 773.112(d), Health and Safety Code, is
  repealed.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.