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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to designated emergency infant care providers for certain |
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abandoned children. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 262.301(1), Family Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(1) "Designated emergency infant care provider" |
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means: |
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(A) an emergency medical services provider; |
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(B) a hospital; [or] |
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(C) a freestanding emergency medical care |
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facility licensed under Chapter 254, Health and Safety Code; or |
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(D) a child-placing agency licensed by the |
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Department of Protective and Regulatory Services under Chapter 42, |
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Human Resources Code, that: |
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(i) agrees to act as a designated emergency |
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infant care provider under this subchapter; and |
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(ii) has on staff a person who is licensed |
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as a registered nurse under Chapter 301, Occupations Code, or who |
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provides emergency medical services under Chapter 773, Health and |
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Safety Code, and who will examine and provide emergency medical |
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services to a child taken into possession by the agency under this |
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subchapter. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to an |
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exception asserted to an offense under Section 22.041, Penal Code, |
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regardless of when the offense was committed, but only if the trial |
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for the offense commences on or after the effective date of this |
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Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |