85R4400 AJZ-D     By: Zerwas H.B. No. 935       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to emergency medical air transportation funding.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Chapter 773, Health and Safety Code, is amended   by adding Subchapter I to read as follows:   SUBCHAPTER I. EMERGENCY MEDICAL AIR TRANSPORTATION FUNDING          Sec. 773.221.  DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter:                (1)  "Account" means the emergency medical air   transportation account created under Section 773.222.                 (2)  "Commission" means the Health and Human Services   Commission.          Sec. 773.222.  EMERGENCY MEDICAL AIR TRANSPORTATION   ACCOUNT. (a)  The emergency medical air transportation account is   established as a dedicated account in the general revenue fund.  The   account is composed of:                (1)  money deposited to the credit of the account under   Section 542.4031, Transportation Code; and                (2)  notwithstanding Section 404.071, Government Code,   interest earned on the investment of money in the account and   depository interest allocable to the account.          (b)  Money in the account may be appropriated only to the   department for the purposes described by Subsection (c).          (c)  The commissioner may:                (1)  use the money appropriated from the account to   provide funding, in addition to funding available from other   sources, for emergency medical air transportation; and                (2)  after consulting with the executive commissioner,   transfer the money appropriated from the account to the commission   to:                      (A)  provide reimbursements under the medical   assistance program under Chapter 32, Human Resources Code, to   providers of emergency medical air transportation services,   including reimbursement enhancements to the statewide dollar   amount rate used to reimburse designated air ambulance services   under the program; and                      (B)  maximize the receipt of federal funds under   the medical assistance program under Chapter 32, Human Resources   Code, to the extent possible.          SECTION 2.  Section 542.4031(g), Transportation Code, is   amended to read as follows:          (g)  Of the money received by the comptroller under this   section, the comptroller shall deposit:                (1)  50 [67] percent to the credit of the undedicated   portion of the general revenue fund; [and]                (2)  33 percent to the credit of the designated trauma   facility and emergency medical services account under Section   780.003, Health and Safety Code; and                (3)  17 percent to the credit of the emergency medical   air transportation account under Section 773.222, Health and Safety   Code.          SECTION 3.  Section 542.4031(g), Transportation Code, as   amended by this Act, applies only to the distribution of revenue   collected on or after the effective date of this Act. The   distribution of revenue collected before the effective date of this   Act is governed by the law in effect at the time the revenue was   collected, and that law is continued in effect for the purpose of   the distribution of that revenue.          SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.