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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to transportation procedures for certain end stage renal |
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disease facility patients during a declared 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) The executive commissioner by rule shall, in a manner |
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consistent with Section 773.112, require each emergency medical |
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services provider to adopt and implement a procedure for providing, |
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during a declared disaster, an alternative mode of transportation |
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for a dialysis patient from the patient's location directly to an |
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outpatient end stage renal disease facility when the patient's |
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normal mode of transportation is unavailable because of the |
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declared disaster. Each emergency medical services provider shall |
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promptly submit a copy of the adopted procedure to the department. |
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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. |