Bill Text: TX SB850 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a study on freestanding emergency medical care facilities.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-01 - Referred to Health & Human Services [SB850 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB850-Introduced.html
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By: Johnson | S.B. No. 850 |
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relating to a study on freestanding emergency medical care | ||
facilities. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. (a) In this Act: | ||
(1) "Commission" means the Health and Human Services | ||
Commission. | ||
(2) "Facility" means a freestanding emergency medical | ||
care facility licensed under Chapter 254, Health and Safety Code. | ||
(b) The commission shall conduct a study on freestanding | ||
emergency medical care facilities that: | ||
(1) reviews the impact facilities have on medically | ||
underserved and rural areas of this state; | ||
(2) reviews the impact facilities have on rural | ||
hospitals in this state; | ||
(3) reviews the impact facilities have on hospital | ||
emergency rooms in this state; | ||
(4) reviews complaints filed against facilities; | ||
(5) examines the reasons facilities have closed; | ||
(6) examines the reasons facilities have filed | ||
petitions for bankruptcy; | ||
(7) examines patient protections provided by | ||
facilities and patient health care coverage available at the | ||
facilities; | ||
(8) examines the location of facilities, the growth | ||
patterns of new facilities, and the proximity of the new facilities | ||
to hospital emergency rooms; and | ||
(9) identifies gaps in emergency medical care | ||
treatment that are filled by facilities. | ||
(c) Not later than December 1, 2020, the commission shall | ||
prepare and submit to the governor, lieutenant governor, speaker of | ||
the house of representatives, and members of the legislature a | ||
written report that includes a summary of the results of the study | ||
conducted under this section and any legislative recommendations | ||
based on the study. | ||
(d) This Act expires September 1, 2021. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |