Bill Text: TX HB1547 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the funding of emergency medical services and trauma care.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-09 - Referred to Appropriations [HB1547 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB1547-Introduced.html
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By: Kuempel | H.B. No. 1547 |
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relating to the funding of emergency medical services and trauma | ||
care. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 773.122, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended by adding Subsections (b-1), (b-2), and (b-3) to read as | ||
follows: | ||
(b-1) The catastrophic emergency medical services account | ||
is a dedicated account in the general revenue fund. Money from the | ||
account may be appropriated only for the purposes of this section in | ||
a situation in which the reserve described by Subsection (b) is | ||
insufficient to cover costs. | ||
(b-2) At the end of each fiscal year, the commissioner shall | ||
deposit the unexpended balance of the reserve described by | ||
Subsection (b) into the catastrophic emergency medical services | ||
account. | ||
(b-3) If at the end of a fiscal year the amount of money in | ||
the catastrophic emergency medical services account, together with | ||
the unexpended balance of the reserve described by Subsection (b), | ||
exceeds $2 million, the comptroller shall transfer any amount that | ||
exceeds $2 million to the supplemental emergency medical services | ||
grant account under Section 773.1221. | ||
SECTION 2. Subchapter E, Chapter 773, Health and Safety | ||
Code, is amended by adding Section 773.1221 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 773.1221. SUPPLEMENTAL EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES | ||
GRANT ACCOUNT. (a) The supplemental emergency medical services | ||
grant account is a dedicated account in the general revenue fund | ||
into which money is deposited under Section 773.122(b-3). | ||
(b) Money in the account may be used only to fund grants | ||
under Section 773.119. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |