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House Bill 2827 |
House Author: Taylor et al. |
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Effective: 6-15-07 |
Senate Sponsor: Jackson, Mike |
House Bill 2827 amends the Health and Safety Code to direct the Texas Board of Health to adopt minimum standards requiring an emergency medical services (EMS) vehicle to be equipped with an epinephrine auto-injector device or similar device used for anaphylaxis treatment and requiring EMS personnel to complete continuing education courses in anaphylaxis treatment. The bill makes conforming changes to remove minimum certification requirements limiting the type of EMS personnel authorized to carry, maintain, administer, and dispose of epinephrine auto-injector devices and authorizes a licensed physician acting as a medical director for an emergency medical services system to restrict the use and administration of the devices to certain EMS personnel.