Texas Health and Safety Code 773.113 – Duties of Department
(a) The department shall:
(1) develop and monitor a statewide emergency medical services and trauma care system;
(2) designate trauma facilities;
(3) develop and maintain a trauma reporting and analysis system to:
(A) identify severely injured trauma patients at each health care facility in this state;
(B) identify the total amount of uncompensated trauma care expenditures made each fiscal year by each health care facility in this state; and
(C) monitor trauma patient care in each health care facility, including each designated trauma center, in emergency medical services and trauma care systems in this state; and
(4) provide for coordination and cooperation between this state and any other state with which this state shares a standard metropolitan statistical area.
(b) The department may grant an exception to a rule adopted under § 773.112 if it finds that compliance with the rule would not be in the best interests of the persons served in the affected local emergency medical services and trauma care delivery area.
Terms Used In Texas Health and Safety Code 773.113
- Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
- Rule: includes regulation. See Texas Government Code 311.005
(c) 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 § 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 § 773.112; and
(3) maximize the accuracy of information provided by a regional advisory council to the department for increased council effectiveness.