11/23 - 24/2003 GETAC meeting documents posted

[Guest guest]

Stakeholders,

The documents for the upcoming Governor's EMS and Trauma Advisory Council

(GETAC) meetings (11/22-23) that will be held in conjunction with the Texas

EMS Conference in San are now posted on the Bureau's website @

http://www.tdh.state.tx.us/hcqs/ems/GETAC112303documents.htm

<http://www.tdh.state.tx.us/hcqs/ems/GETAC112303documents.htm>

Because of budget constraints, we cannot make the 100's of copies that would

be required for all of the meetings. So be sure to print out the documents

that you would like to have for reference during the various meetings. But,

please, if you have any trouble accessing a document, contact my assistant,

McCarty, at the number below and she will assist you.

Additionally, please see some important notes below.

Look forward to seeing you all in a few days.

Kathy

C. Perkins, RN, MBA, Chief

Bureau of Emergency Management

phone: 512/834-6740

fax: 512/834-6736

email: kathy.perkins@...

Note 1: Rule revisions have not gone as planned.

At the August 29, 2003 GETAC meeting, the Council voted to recommend

proposal of a number of rules to the Texas Board of Health. Some of the

rules were to be forwarded as staff recommended, while some had a number of

changes recommended by GETAC. At the time, BEM's plan was to finalize the

rules into a Board proposal packet and secure legal approval for proposal at

the Board's late October meeting. I committed to posting the final Board

packet to the Bureau's webpage within a few weeks of that GETAC meeting.

Unfortunately, we have not yet gotten the rules packet approved through our

legal department which is required before we can take rules to the Board of

Health for proposal. In addition, some of the rules that our program lawyer

has completed have changes that will require another review by

GETAC/Committees. That will not happen until the February meetings.

However, we will probably have to move forward with the fee increases only

and may take those specific provisions forward to the January Board meeting.

If that occurs, when the packet is finalized, it will be posted on the

website and notification published widely.

Note 2: Draft Revised Designation Criteria/Standards/Audit Filters documents

have not changed from August/October Trauma Systems Committee meetings.

The Trauma Systems Committee completed a first review of draft revised

157.125 Trauma Facility Designation at their 10/27/03 meeting. The draft on

the website is draft 2; it shows the changes as a result of the Committee

work (blue), some additional recommendations by staff (red), and staff

comments/questions (green). However, the Committee just began work on the

draft revised Level III criteria. Therefore, they will utilize the same

draft criteria/standards/audit filter documents that have been listed as

handouts since August 2003.

Note 3: Draft 2 of the rule to implement HB-3588 - 157.131 Designated Trauma

Facility and Emergency Medical Services Account (DTFEMS) is posted.

The Trauma Systems Committee completed a first review of draft new 157.131

Designated Trauma Facility and Emergency Medical Services Account at their

10/27/03 meeting. The draft on the website is draft 2; it shows the changes

as a result of the Committee work (blue), some additional recommendations by

staff (red), and staff comments/questions (green).