79R2472 JTS-D

By:  Martinez                                                     H.B. No. 805



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to allowing a law enforcement officer to take the 
fingerprints of people who receive emergency medical services in 
certain counties.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 773, Health and Safety 
Code, is amended by adding Section 773.015 to read as follows:
	Sec. 773.015.  IDENTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES 
PATIENTS IN CERTAIN COUNTIES.  (a)  This section applies only to a 
person who receives emergency medical services in a county that 
borders the United Mexican States.
	(b)  A law enforcement officer may take the fingerprints of a 
person who receives emergency medical services through an emergency 
medical services and trauma care system to verify the person's 
identity if the person:
		(1)  does not possess personal identification at the 
time the services are administered; or
		(2)  refuses to provide personal identification.                       
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.