Amend CSHB 2085 by striking SECTION 19.03 of the bill (senate committee printing, page 52, lines 17-32) and substituting the following: SECTION 19.03. Section 773.0495, Health and Safety Code, is amended to read as follows: Sec. 773.0495. LICENSED PARAMEDIC QUALIFICATIONS. (a) An individual qualifies as a licensed paramedic if the individual meets the requirements of Subsection (b)(1) or (2) and the department determines that the individual is minimally proficient to provide advanced life support that includes initiation under medical supervision of certain procedures, including intravenous therapy, endotracheal or esophageal intubation, electrical cardiac defibrillation or cardioversion, and drug therapy. (b) In addition to meeting the minimal proficiency requirement prescribed by Subsection (a), to qualify as a licensed paramedic an individual: (1) must complete a curriculum that includes college-level course work in accordance with rules adopted by the board; or (2) must: (A) hold on September 1, 1999, a certificate as an emergency medical technician-paramedic; (B) have four years of field experience while certified as an emergency medical technician-paramedic in providing advanced life support care with an advanced life support emergency service, as a volunteer or for compensation, for an average of at least 20 hours per week; and (C) file with the department before March 1, 2000, an application for a certificate as a licensed paramedic on a form prescribed by the department and pay an application fee of $100 to the department.