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By: Uresti H.B. No. 1126
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to emergency medical services vehicles and personnel.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 773.004(a), Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) This chapter does not apply to:
(1) a ground transfer vehicle and staff used to
transport a patient who is under a physician's care between medical
facilities or between a medical facility and a private residence,
unless it is medically necessary to transport the patient using a
stretcher;
(2) [ground or] air transfer that does not advertise
as an ambulance service and that is not licensed by the department;
(3) the use of ground or air transfer vehicles to
transport sick or injured persons in a casualty situation that
exceeds the basic vehicular capacity or capability of emergency
medical services providers in the area;
(4) an industrial ambulance; or
(5) a physician, registered nurse, or other health
care practitioner licensed by this state unless the health care
practitioner staffs an emergency medical services vehicle
regularly.
SECTION 2. Section 773.042, Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 773.042. BASIC LIFE-SUPPORT EMERGENCY MEDICAL
SERVICES PROVIDER QUALIFICATIONS. A provider qualifies as a basic
life-support emergency medical services provider if it provides a
vehicle that is designed for transporting the sick or injured,
[and] has personnel and sufficient equipment and supplies for
providing basic life support, and is capable of providing emergency
and nonemergency transportation.
SECTION 3. Section 773.057, Health and Safety Code, is
amended by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
(e) In addition to any other qualifications that an
emergency medical services provider must possess to obtain the type
of license sought, all emergency medical services providers must
possess the qualifications required for a basic emergency medical
services provider under Section 773.042.
SECTION 4. Section 143.005, Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 143.005. STATUS OF EMPLOYEES IF CHAPTER ADOPTED. (a)
Each fire fighter or police officer serving in a municipality that
adopts this chapter and who has been in the service of the
municipality for more than six months at the time this chapter is
adopted and who is entitled to civil service classification has the
status of a civil service employee and is not required to take a
competitive examination to remain in the position the person
occupies at the time of the adoption.
(b) In a municipality that adopts this chapter, an employee
of the fire department whose primary duties are to provide
emergency medical services for the municipality is considered to be
a fire fighter who is a member of the fire department performing
fire medical emergency technology, entitled to civil service
protection, and covered by this chapter.
SECTION 5. (a) A person or vehicle that becomes subject to
Chapter 773, Health and Safety Code, and rules adopted under that
law as a result of the changes in law made by this Act is not
required to comply with Chapter 773 and applicable rules before
January 1, 2006.
(b) A person who is a licensed emergency medical services
provider immediately before the effective date of this Act must
meet the requirements of Section 773.042, Health and Safety Code,
as amended by this Act, on renewing the license.
SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.