By Harris                                             H.B. No. 1145
          Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1145:
          By Glaze                                          C.S.H.B. No. 1145
                                 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
    1-1                                AN ACT
    1-2  relating to provisional certification of certain emergency medical
    1-3  personnel.
    1-4        BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
    1-5        SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 773, Health and Safety
    1-6  Code, is amended by adding Section 773.0551 to read as follows:
    1-7        Sec. 773.0551.  PROVISIONAL CERTIFICATE.  (a)  The department
    1-8  may issue a provisional certificate to a person who:
    1-9              (1)  has not taken the examination for certification;
   1-10  and
   1-11              (2)  possesses the qualifications for provisional
   1-12  certification required by rules adopted by the board.
   1-13        (b)  A person who holds a provisional certificate may only
   1-14  provide emergency medical services permitted under rules adopted by
   1-15  the board.
   1-16        (c)  A provisional certificate is valid until the earlier of:
   1-17              (1)  the date on which the holder receives a
   1-18  certificate under Section 773.055(e); or
   1-19              (2)  the date on which the holder receives notice of
   1-20  failure of the holder's examination for certification.
   1-21        SECTION 2.  (a)  This Act takes effect September 1, 1995.
   1-22        (b)  The Texas Board of Health shall adopt rules under this
   1-23  Act not later than December 31, 1995.
   1-24        SECTION 3.  The importance of this legislation and the
    2-1  crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
    2-2  emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
    2-3  constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
    2-4  days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.