Bill Text: TX HB1971 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the requirements and protocols for the use of nighttime triage equipment by emergency medical services personnel.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-12 - Referred to Public Health [HB1971 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB1971-Introduced.html
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| By: Martinez | H.B. No. 1971 | |
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| relating to the requirements and protocols for the use of nighttime | ||
| triage equipment by emergency medical services personnel. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 773.003, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Subdivision (18-a) to read as follows: | ||
| (18-a) "Nighttime triage equipment" means a | ||
| multicolored illuminated tag with blue, green, red, and yellow | ||
| lights that is reusable, water resistant to 30 feet, and able to | ||
| provide a flashing and a solid light. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 773.112, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: | ||
| (d) If the department determines under Section 773.1135(b) | ||
| that nighttime triage equipment is appropriate for any emergency | ||
| medical services and trauma care system, the rules adopted under | ||
| Subsection (a) must establish minimum requirements for resources | ||
| and equipment used by emergency medical services personnel in a | ||
| trauma service area to treat patients at night and during adverse | ||
| conditions using nighttime triage equipment. | ||
| SECTION 3. Section 773.1135, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 773.1135. DUTIES OF DEPARTMENT. (a) The department | ||
| shall develop performance measures for regional advisory councils | ||
| in trauma service areas to: | ||
| (1) promote the provision of a minimum level of | ||
| emergency medical services in a trauma service area in accordance | ||
| with the rules adopted under Section 773.112; | ||
| (2) promote the provision of quality care and service | ||
| by the emergency medical services and trauma care system in | ||
| accordance with the rules adopted under Section 773.112; and | ||
| (3) maximize the accuracy of information provided by a | ||
| regional advisory council to the department or bureau for increased | ||
| council effectiveness. | ||
| (b) The department shall determine whether nighttime triage | ||
| equipment is appropriate for each emergency medical services and | ||
| trauma care system. | ||
| SECTION 4. Section 773.114, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: | ||
| (c) If the department determines under Section 773.1135(b) | ||
| that nighttime triage equipment is appropriate for any emergency | ||
| medical services and trauma care system, that system must have | ||
| protocols for the use of nighttime triage equipment at night and | ||
| during adverse conditions. | ||
| SECTION 5. As soon as practicable after the effective date | ||
| of this Act, the Department of State Health Services shall | ||
| determine whether nighttime triage equipment is appropriate for any | ||
| emergency medical services and trauma care system, and the | ||
| executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission | ||
| shall adopt any rules necessary to implement Section 773.112(d), | ||
| Health and Safety Code, as added by this Act. | ||
| SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
