By Kubiak H.B. No. 241
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 241:
By Glaze C.S.H.B. No. 241
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the recertification of emergency medical services
1-3 personnel.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 773.055(a), (b), and (d), Health and
1-6 Safety Code, are amended to read as follows:
1-7 (a) A nonrefundable fee must accompany each application <for
1-8 examination> for emergency medical services personnel
1-9 certification. The fee may not exceed:
1-10 (1) $75 for examination for certification <or
1-11 recertification> of an emergency medical technician-paramedic or
1-12 emergency medical technician-intermediate; or
1-13 (2) $50 for examination for certification <or
1-14 recertification> of an emergency medical technician or emergency
1-15 care attendant.
1-16 (3) $75 for recertification of an emergency medical
1-17 technician-paramedic or emergency medical technician-intermediate;
1-18 or
1-19 (4) $50 for recertification of an emergency medical
1-20 technician or emergency care attendant.
1-21 (b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), the department
1-22 shall notify each examinee of the results of an examination for
1-23 certification <or recertification> not later than the 30th day
1-24 after the date on which the examination is administered.
2-1 (d) The department shall furnish a person who fails an
2-2 examination for certification <or recertification> with an analysis
2-3 of the person's performance on the examination if requested in
2-4 writing by that person. The board may adopt rules to allow a
2-5 person who fails the examination to retake all or part of the
2-6 examination. A fee of $25 must accompany each application for
2-7 reexamination.
2-8 SECTION 2. Section 773.059, Health and Safety Code, amended
2-9 to read as follows:
2-10 Late Recertification. A person applying for recertification
2-11 whose application is received after the expiration date of the
2-12 person's certificate must pay a late fee of $25 <in addition to the
2-13 examination fee> (V.A.C. Art. 4447o, Sec. 3.05)
2-14 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
2-15 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-16 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-17 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-18 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
2-19 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
2-20 passage, and it is so enacted.