Bill Text: TX SB334 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the authority of an emergency services district to provide preventive health care services.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-05-03 - Co-author authorized [SB334 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB334-Introduced.html
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| By: Schwertner | S.B. No. 334 | |
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| relating to the authority of an emergency services district to | ||
| provide preventive health care services. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 775, Health and Safety | ||
| Code, is amended by adding Section 775.0311 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 775.0311. PREVENTIVE HEALTH CARE SERVICES. (a) This | ||
| section applies to a district that is licensed as or contracts with: | ||
| (1) an emergency medical services provider under | ||
| Chapter 773; or | ||
| (2) a first responder organization under Chapter 773. | ||
| (b) In this section, "preventive health care services" | ||
| means out-of-hospital routine health care services, including | ||
| immunizations, screenings, checkups, and patient counseling, | ||
| provided for the purpose of preventing illness, disease, or other | ||
| health problems. | ||
| (c) A district may provide preventive health care services | ||
| to reduce reliance on 9-1-1 transports and systems for routine | ||
| health care and contract with the state or a local government, as | ||
| provided by Section 775.0366, to provide those services. | ||
| (d) A reference in this chapter to the district providing | ||
| emergency services includes preventive health care services. | ||
| (e) A district may make necessary improvements and adopt | ||
| rules and regulations for the purposes of this section. | ||
| (f) A district in a county with a population of less than | ||
| 60,000 must obtain approval from the county commissioners court | ||
| prior to providing services under this section. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
