Title HS, Health and Safety Code

Sec. 771.154. PARTICIPATION IN PILOT PROJECT. (a) The center shall determine the trauma facilities and emergency medical services providers interested in participating in the pilot project. (b) A trauma facility or emergency medical services provider participating in the pilot pr…

Sec. 771.155. SELECTION OF PILOT PROJECT PARTICIPANTS AND REGIONAL TRAUMA RESOURCE CENTERS. (a) The center, with the assistance of the commission, may select trauma facilities and emergency medical services providers to participate in the pilot project and select trauma facilitie…

Sec. 771.156. FUNDING OF PILOT PROJECT. (a) Money collected under Section 771.072(f) may be appropriated to the commission to fund the pilot project. (b) The center may seek grants to fund the pilot project. (c) A political subdivision with a trauma facility that participates in …

Sec. 771.157. REPORT TO LEGISLATURE. The center, in cooperation with the commission, shall report its findings to the governor and the presiding officer of each house of the legislature not later than December 31, 2028. Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 667 (H.B. 617), Sec…

Sec. 771.158. LIABILITY. The operations of the center and a regional trauma resource center are considered to be the provision of 9-1-1 services for purposes of Section 771.053. Employees of and volunteers at the regional trauma resource center have the same protection from liabi…

Sec. 771.159. PROJECT WORK GROUP. (a) The center may appoint a project work group to assist the center in developing, implementing, and evaluating the pilot project and preparing a report on the center's findings. (b) A member of the project work group is not entitled to compensa…

Sec. 771.160. EXPIRATION. This subchapter expires September 1, 2029. Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 667 (H.B. 617), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2023.