The Texas Legislature Extends the Landmark EMS Law to Protect Texas Patients
May 22, 2025 – AUSTIN – The Texas EMS Alliance (TEMSA) commends both chambers of the Texas Legislature for unanimously passing SB 916, which extends a landmark patient protection bill […]
Texas EMS Agencies Testify in Favor of Funding for Whole Blood
The Texas EMS Alliance Is Asking State Lawmakers for $4 Million in the State’s Budget to Fund Whole Blood on Ambulances Austin – February 10, 2025 – Physicians representing Texas […]
The 2023 Texas Law Works: TEMSA Supports SB 916 to Keep Patients Out of Billing Disputes
SB 916 Would Continue the 2023 Texas Law, Which Was Agreed to by the Health Plans, EMS Agencies and Lawmakers, to Remove Patients From Ground Ambulance Billing Disputes Austin – […]
Texas EMS Agencies Applaud New Federal Recommendations to Protect Ambulance Patients
AUSTIN — The Texas EMS Alliance and Texas Ambulance Association endorsed key recommendations in an extensive report that the federal advisory committee on Ground Ambulance and Patient Billing (GAPB) delivered […]
EMS Week: Governor Abbot’s Recognition
Texas Governor Greg Abbott recognized EMS Week.
EMS & Dialysis: Winter Emergencies
Legislation passed in the 2021 Texas Legislature (and subsequent clean up legislation in 2023) changed the law related EMS transports and dialysis centers during declared emergencies. The following information is […]
TEMSA Submits SB 2476 Regulatory Comments
Texas EMS Alliance board member Tina Wells offered TEMSA’s verbal comments at the Texas Department of Insurance’s hearing on the proposed rule related to SB 2476 on September 26, 2023. […]
TDI’s Data Portal for EMS Political Subdivsion Rates
TDI creates data portal for political subdivisions to report EMS rates The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) has created a data portal for political subdivisions to voluntarily report EMS rate […]
National EMS Memorial Moving Honors Held in Texas
The National EMS Memorial Moving Honors ceremony service, which marks the half-way point of the mobile memorial’s procession across the U.S., was held at the Global Medical Response headquarters in […]