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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to emergency prehospital care provided by emergency |
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services personnel. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 166.102(b), Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b) When responding to a call for assistance, emergency |
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medical services personnel: |
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(1) shall honor only a properly executed or issued |
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out-of-hospital DNR order or prescribed DNR identification device |
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in accordance with this subchapter; and |
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(2) have no duty to review, examine, interpret, or |
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honor a person's other written directive, including a written |
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directive in the form prescribed by Section 166.033. |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 773, Health and Safety |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 773.016 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 773.016. DUTIES OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES |
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PERSONNEL; CERTAIN EMERGENCY PREHOSPITAL CARE SITUATIONS. (a) In |
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this section, "cardiopulmonary resuscitation" has the meaning |
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assigned by Section 166.002. |
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(b) Emergency medical services personnel who are providing |
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emergency prehospital care to a person are subject to Chapter 166, |
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including Section 166.102. |
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(c) If a person's personal physician is present and assumes |
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responsibility for the care of the person under the applicable |
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requirements of Chapter 197, Title 22, Texas Administrative Code, |
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while the person is receiving emergency prehospital care, the |
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physician may order the termination of cardiopulmonary |
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resuscitation only if, based on the physician's professional |
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medical judgment, the physician determines that resuscitation |
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should be discontinued. |
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(d) If a person's personal physician is not present or does |
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not assume responsibility for the care of the person while the |
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person is receiving emergency prehospital care, the emergency |
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medical services system's medical director or online physician: |
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(1) shall be responsible for directing the emergency |
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medical services personnel who are providing emergency prehospital |
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care to the person; and |
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(2) may order the termination of cardiopulmonary |
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resuscitation only if, based on the medical director's or online |
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physician's professional medical judgment, the medical director or |
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online physician determines that resuscitation should be |
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discontinued. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |