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EHCAC
T he Emergency Health Care
Advisory Committee (EHCAC)
met on November 24, 1997, at the
Austin Convention Center in conjunc-
tion with the Texas EMS Conference.
All committee members were present
and there was an excellent audience
turnout.Emergency
Health Care Advisory
Committee
Allan Ray Helberg, EMT-P
Texarkana, Texas
Leticia Anne Goodrich
Amarillo, Texas
John W. Holtermann
San Marcos, Texas
Ronald Clark Redus, DDS,
MSD
Amarillo, Texas
Lance Douglas Gutierrez,
RN, CEN, EMT-P
Tyler, Texas
R. Donovan Butter, DO
San Antonio, TX
William Leo Moore, MD,
FACEP
Tyler, Texas
Gilbert Perez, RN, EMT-P
Corpus Christi, Texas
Ray Mason
Midland, Texas
Gary D. Cheek, RN, EMT
Clyde, Texas
Joan E. Shook, MD,
Houston, Texas
Jorie Diane Klein, RN
Dallas, Texas
James Henry Duke, Jr., MD
Houston, TexasAssociate Commissioner's Report
Ron Mansolo informed EHCAC
that the rules to distribute the monies
from the EMS and Trauma Care Sys-
tem Fund created by SB-102 were pro-
posed for a 60-day comment period
by the Texas Board of Health (BOH) at
its November 21, 1997, meeting. A
public hearing will be held sometime
during the comment period. Mansolo
advised the committee that there has
been some controversy surrounding
the proposed funding formula, which
would distribute approximately 60
percent EMS allocation to rural coun-
ties and 20 percent each to frontier
and urban counties. EHCAC voted to
support the proposal and to send a
letter and supporting documentation
to the Board of Health. These pro-
posed rules as well as the Level V
Next meeting dates
The next meeting of the Emer-
gency Health Care Advisory
Committee will be Friday, Febru-
ary 13, 1998, in Austin; subcom-
mittee meetings will be February
12. No location has been set.recap
rules (see below) are located on the
Bureau's homepage at http://
www.tdh.state .tx.us/hcqs/ems/
emshome.htm.
Bureau Chief's Report
Gene Weatherall informed the
committee members that the rules to
implement designation of Level V
Trauma Facilities were also proposed
by the Board of Health in November.
The comment period for these rules is
thirty days. There will be a public
hearing, most likely in conjunction
with the SB-102 rules hearing. Weath-
erall also reported that the Bureau has
been awarded two federal grants (See
EMS News, page 8). The CDC grant,
in the amount of $250,000, will help to
continue implementation of the Texas
EMS/trauma system. The EMS for
Children grant, approximately
$65,000, will be used to continue de-
velopment of a pediatric hospital cate-
gorization process. Four new people
will be hired in the department as a
result of these awards.
Review of Project Alpha
Pam West reviewed the Project Al-
pha proposal, which is a project to re-
define EMS regulation in Texas.
Because there has been some contro-
versy regarding this project, EHCAC
voted to establish a task force to bring
interested parties together to work on
the various components of the pro-
posal. For information on Project Al-
pha, see the Bureau's web site.
-Kathy Perkins50 Texas EMS Magazine January/February 1998
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