Bill Text: TX HB2356 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to a mobile stroke unit grant program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-05-10 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB2356 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB2356-Comm_Sub.html
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| By: A. Johnson of Harris, et al. | H.B. No. 2356 | ||
| Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2356: | |||
| By: Klick | C.S.H.B. No. 2356 | ||
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| relating to a mobile stroke unit grant program. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 773, Health and Safety Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Subchapter H-1 to read as follows: | ||
| SUBCHAPTER H-1. MOBILE STROKE UNIT GRANT PROGRAM | ||
| Sec. 773.221. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: | ||
| (1) "Commission" means the Health and Human Services | ||
| Commission. | ||
| (2) "Department" means the Department of State Health | ||
| Services. | ||
| (3) "Executive commissioner" means the executive | ||
| commissioner of the commission. | ||
| (4) "Grant program" means the mobile stroke unit grant | ||
| program established under this subchapter. | ||
| (5) "Mobile stroke unit" means a specialized emergency | ||
| medical services vehicle that: | ||
| (A) is equipped with a mobile computed tomography | ||
| scanner and other necessary medical equipment and medications for | ||
| diagnosing and treating an individual who suffers a stroke; | ||
| (B) is staffed with personnel trained to diagnose | ||
| and provide acute stroke treatment to an individual outside of a | ||
| hospital setting; and | ||
| (C) has a neurologist on board the vehicle or | ||
| available for consultation with the vehicle's personnel through a | ||
| telemedicine medical service, as defined by Section 111.001, | ||
| Occupations Code. | ||
| (6) "Stroke facility" has the meaning assigned by | ||
| Section 773.202. | ||
| Sec. 773.222. ESTABLISHMENT AND ADMINISTRATION OF GRANT | ||
| PROGRAM. The executive commissioner by rule shall establish and | ||
| the commission shall administer a mobile stroke unit grant program | ||
| to improve health care outcomes for individuals who suffer a stroke | ||
| by providing financial assistance to stroke facilities and increase | ||
| the availability of mobile stroke units in this state. | ||
| Sec. 773.223. APPLICATION. The following entities may | ||
| apply to the commission to receive money under the grant program: | ||
| (1) a local health department established under | ||
| Subchapter D, Chapter 121, or a public health district established | ||
| under Subchapter E, Chapter 121; | ||
| (2) an emergency medical services department of a | ||
| municipality or county; | ||
| (3) a fire department of a municipality or county that | ||
| provides emergency medical services; | ||
| (4) an emergency services district created under | ||
| Chapter 775; and | ||
| (5) a stroke facility. | ||
| Sec. 773.224. AWARD OF GRANTS. (a) The executive | ||
| commissioner by rule shall establish eligibility criteria and a | ||
| scoring system for the commission to award grants under the grant | ||
| program. | ||
| (b) The commission may award grants under the grant program | ||
| to eligible applicants. | ||
| Sec. 773.225. USE OF GRANT MONEY; REQUIRED COORDINATION. | ||
| (a) Subject to Subsection (b), a grant recipient may use money | ||
| awarded under the grant program only for the recipient's capital | ||
| costs associated with procuring equipment necessary to operate a | ||
| mobile stroke unit, including: | ||
| (1) a specialized emergency medical services vehicle; | ||
| (2) a mobile computed tomography scanner; | ||
| (3) medical equipment used in diagnosing or treating | ||
| an individual who suffers a stroke; and | ||
| (4) any other equipment the commission considers | ||
| necessary or appropriate. | ||
| (b) A grant recipient must coordinate the use of money | ||
| awarded under the grant program with a facility designated by the | ||
| department as a comprehensive Level I stroke facility. | ||
| Sec. 773.226. GRANT RECIPIENT REPORTING REQUIREMENT. A | ||
| grant recipient shall annually submit to the commission a report on | ||
| the recipient's use of grant money, including: | ||
| (1) the health outcomes of individuals treated by the | ||
| recipient's mobile stroke units; and | ||
| (2) the recipient's operating expenses associated with | ||
| operating mobile stroke units. | ||
| Sec. 773.227. FUNDING. The commission shall award grants | ||
| as provided by this subchapter from available money and any | ||
| additional money appropriated for purposes of this subchapter. | ||
| Sec. 773.228. GIFTS, GRANTS, AND DONATIONS. The commission | ||
| may accept gifts, grants, and donations from any source for | ||
| purposes of the grant program. | ||
| SECTION 2. Not later than January 1, 2024, the executive | ||
| commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission shall | ||
| adopt the rules necessary to implement Subchapter H-1, Chapter 773, | ||
| Health and Safety Code, as added by this Act. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
