CHAPTER 782. REGIONAL EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES
HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE
TITLE 9. SAFETY
SUBTITLE B. EMERGENCIES
CHAPTER 782. REGIONAL EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES
Sec. 782.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
(1) "Commission" means the Health and Human Services Commission.
(2) "Commissioner" means the executive commissioner of the
Health and Human Services Commission.
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch.
1027, Sec. 14, eff. September 1, 2007.
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch.
1149, Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2007.
Sec. 782.002. REGIONAL TRAUMA ACCOUNT. (a) The regional trauma
account is created as a dedicated account in the general revenue
fund of the state treasury. Money in the account may be
appropriated only to the commission to make distributions as
provided by Section 782.003.
Text of subsection as added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch.
1149, Sec. 5
(b) The account is composed of money deposited to the credit of
the account under Section 707.008, Transportation Code, and the
earnings of the account.
Text of subsection as added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch.
1027, Sec. 14
(b) The account is composed of money deposited to the credit of
the account under Section 542.406, Transportation Code, and the
earnings of the account.
(c) Sections 403.095 and 404.071, Government Code, do not apply
to the account.
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch.
1027, Sec. 14, eff. September 1, 2007.
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch.
1149, Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2007.
Sec. 782.003. PAYMENTS FROM THE REGIONAL TRAUMA ACCOUNT.
Text of subsection as added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch.
1149, Sec. 5
(a) The commissioner shall use money appropriated from the
regional trauma account established under Section 782.002 to fund
uncompensated care of designated trauma facilities and county and
regional emergency medical services located in the area served by
the trauma service area regional advisory council that serves the
local authority submitting money under Section 707.008,
Transportation Code.
Text of subsection as added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch.
1027, Sec. 14
(a) The commissioner shall use money appropriated from the
regional trauma account established under Section 782.002 to fund
uncompensated care of designated trauma facilities and county and
regional emergency medical services located in the area served by
the trauma service area regional advisory council that serves the
local authority submitting money under Section 542.406,
Transportation Code.
(b) In any fiscal year, the commissioner shall use:
(1) 96 percent of the money appropriated from the account to
fund a portion of the uncompensated trauma care provided at
facilities designated as state trauma facilities by the
Department of State Health Services;
(2) two percent of the money appropriated from the account for
county and regional emergency medical services;
(3) one percent of the money appropriated from the account for
distribution to the 22 trauma service area regional advisory
councils; and
(4) one percent of the money appropriated from the account to
fund administrative costs of the commission.
(c) The money under Subsection (b) shall be distributed in
proportion to the amount deposited to the account from the local
authority.
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch.
1027, Sec. 14, eff. September 1, 2007.
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch.
1149, Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2007.