Bill Text: TX HB2128 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the designation of ST segment elevation myocardial infarction facilities.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-04-10 - Left pending in committee [HB2128 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB2128-Introduced.html
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| By: Zerwas | H.B. No. 2128 | |
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| relating to the designation of ST segment elevation myocardial | ||
| infarction facilities. | ||
| 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 (17-a) to read as follows: | ||
| (17-a) "Hospital" means a hospital licensed under | ||
| Chapter 241. | ||
| SECTION 2. Chapter 773, Health and Safety Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Subchapter I to read as follows: | ||
| SUBCHAPTER I. ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION SERVICES | ||
| Sec. 773.251. ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION | ||
| FACILITIES. (a) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules for | ||
| designating a hospital as an ST segment elevation myocardial | ||
| infarction receiving center if the hospital has been accredited as | ||
| a Mission: Lifeline ST Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction | ||
| Receiving Center by the Society for Cardiovascular Patient Care, | ||
| the American Heart Association, or another nationally recognized | ||
| organization that provides the accreditation. | ||
| (b) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules for | ||
| designating a hospital as an ST segment elevation myocardial | ||
| infarction referral center if the hospital has been accredited as a | ||
| Mission: Lifeline ST Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction | ||
| Referral Center by the Society for Cardiovascular Patient Care, the | ||
| American Heart Association, or another nationally recognized | ||
| organization that provides the accreditation. | ||
| (c) A hospital may apply to the department for designation | ||
| as an ST segment elevation myocardial infarction receiving center | ||
| or an ST segment elevation myocardial infarction referral center, | ||
| and the department shall grant the designation if the facility | ||
| meets the requirements for the designation under this section. | ||
| Sec. 773.252. SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION OF DESIGNATION. The | ||
| department may suspend or revoke a hospital's designation as an ST | ||
| segment elevation myocardial infarction receiving center or an ST | ||
| segment elevation myocardial infarction referral center, after | ||
| notice and hearing, if the department determines that the hospital | ||
| has not maintained the requirements for the designation under | ||
| Section 773.251. | ||
| SECTION 3. The executive commissioner of the Health and | ||
| Human Services Commission shall adopt the rules necessary to | ||
| implement Subchapter I, Chapter 773, Health and Safety Code, as | ||
| added by this Act, not later than January 1, 2014. | ||
| SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. | ||
