Enrolled Bill Summary

House Bill 479	House Author:  Bell et al.
Effective:  9-1-15	Senate Sponsor:  Perry

            House Bill 479 amends the Health and Safety Code to transfer the administration of the regional emergency medical dispatch resource centers program from the area health education center at The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston to the Commission on State Emergency Communications. The commission, with assistance from the area health education center at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, is required to establish the next generation 9-1-1 telemedicine medical services pilot project to provide emergency medical services instruction and emergency prehospital care instruction to certain medical service providers in rural areas through a telemedicine service provided by regional trauma resource centers. The center at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, in cooperation with the commission, is required to report its findings to the governor and the presiding officer of each house of the legislature not later than December 31, 2020.