Bill Text: TX HB639 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Relating to the authority of an emergency services district to provide preventive health care services.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 6-2)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2021-05-26 - Removed from local & uncontested calendar [HB639 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-HB639-Comm_Sub.html

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87R19193 MCF-F
By: White, Cortez, et al. H.B. No. 639
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 639:
By: Longoria C.S.H.B. No. 639

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the authority of an emergency services district to
provide preventive health care services; authorizing a fee.
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) If approved by the commissioners court of each county in
which a district is located, the district may provide preventive
health care services to reduce reliance on 9-1-1 transports and
systems for routine health care, contract with the state or a local
government, as provided by Section 775.0366, to provide those
services, and charge a reasonable fee for performing those services
for or on behalf of a person or entity, as provided by Section
775.040.
(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, 2021.