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By: Zaffirini |
S.B. No. 53 |
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(In the Senate - Filed November 12, 2012; January 28, 2013, |
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read first time and referred to Committee on Health and Human |
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Services; March 4, 2013, reported adversely, with favorable |
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Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; |
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March 4, 2013, sent to printer.) |
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 53 |
By: Zaffirini |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the definition of "advanced life support" for the |
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purposes of providing emergency medical services. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subdivision (1), Section 773.003, Health and |
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Safety Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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(1) "Advanced life support" means emergency |
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prehospital care that uses invasive medical acts, including an |
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advanced life support assessment. |
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SECTION 2. 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, 2013. |
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