Tex. Health & Safety Code Section 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 facilities to serve as regional trauma resource centers.

(b)

The center may not select a trauma facility to participate in the pilot project or to serve as a regional trauma resource center unless the facility:

(1)

has a quality assurance program that measures each health care provider’s compliance with the medical protocol;

(2)

uses emergency medical services and emergency prehospital care protocols approved by a physician medical director knowledgeable in emergency medical services and emergency prehospital care;

(3)

has experience in providing emergency medical services and emergency prehospital care that the center determines is sufficient; and

(4)

has resources sufficient to provide the additional telemedicine medical services or telehealth services and related instruction required for the project in addition to the health care services the facility already provides.

(c)

In selecting a trauma facility to serve as a regional trauma resource center, the center shall consider the facility personnel’s ability to maintain records and produce reports to measure the effectiveness of the pilot project. The center shall share information regarding that ability with the commission.
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 667 (H.B. 617), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2023.

Source: Section 771.155 — Selection of Pilot Project Participants and Regional Trauma Resource Centers, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.­771.­htm#771.­155 (accessed May 26, 2025).

771.001
Definitions 771.031
Composition of Commission 771.032
Application of Sunset Act 771.033
Meetings 771.034
Expenses 771.035
Staff 771.036
Standards of Conduct 771.037
Commission Member Training 771.038
Public Comments 771.039
Complaints 771.040
Negotiated Rulemaking and Alternative Dispute Resolution 771.051
Powers and Duties of Commission 771.052
Agency Cooperation 771.053
Statewide Limitation on Liability of Service Providers and Certain Public Officers 771.054
Effect of Chapter on Emergency Communication Districts 771.055
Strategic Planning 771.056
Submission of Regional Plan to Commission 771.057
Amendment of Plan 771.058
Optional Participation in Plan 771.060
Business Providing Residential Telephone Switches 771.061
Statewide Confidentiality of Information 771.062
Local Adoption of State Rule 771.063
Definition of Local Exchange Access Line and Equivalent Local Exchange Access Line 771.071
Emergency Service Fee 771.072
Equalization Surcharge 771.073
Collection of Fees and Surcharges 771.074
Exemption 771.075
Use of Revenue 771.076
Audits 771.077
Collection of Fees and Surcharges 771.078
Contracts for Services 771.102
Establishment of the Emergency Medical Dispatch Resource Centers Program 771.103
Participation in Program 771.104
Selection of Program Participants and Regional Emergency Medical Dispatch Resource Centers 771.105
Criteria for Emergency Medical Dispatch Intervention 771.106
Funding of Program 771.107
Report to Legislature 771.108
Liability 771.109
Work Group 771.151
Definitions 771.152
Establishment of Pilot Project 771.153
Personnel 771.154
Participation in Pilot Project 771.155
Selection of Pilot Project Participants and Regional Trauma Resource Centers 771.156
Funding of Pilot Project 771.157
Report to Legislature 771.158
Liability 771.159
Project Work Group 771.160
Expiration 771.0315
Eligibility for Membership or to Be General Counsel 771.0316
Grounds for Removal of Commission Member 771.0511
Emergency Services Internet Protocol Network 771.0512
Obligations or Requirements Concerning Voice over Internet Protocol, Internet Protocol Enabled Service, or Commercial Mobile Service or Wireline Service 771.0711
Emergency Service Fee for Wireless Telecommunications Connections 771.0725
Establishment of Rates for Fees 771.0735
Sourcing of Charges for Mobile Telecommunications Services 771.0751
Use of Revenue in Certain Counties
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May 26, 2025

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