86R2631 JG-F
 
  By: Martinez H.B. No. 2400
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the application requirements for first responder
  organizations to receive an initial license or to renew a license.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 773.003(16), Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
               (16)  "First responder organization" means a group or
  association of certified emergency medical services personnel
  that, working in cooperation with a licensed emergency medical
  services provider, provides immediate on-scene care under the
  direction of a medical director to ill or injured persons but does
  not transport those persons.
         SECTION 2.  Subchapter C, Chapter 773, Health and Safety
  Code, is amended by adding Section 773.0416 to read as follows:
         Sec. 773.0416.  ADDITIONAL APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS FOR
  FIRST RESPONDER ORGANIZATIONS. (a)  To the extent the rules adopted
  under this chapter require a first responder organization to submit
  an application for a license, each first responder organization
  shall include with an application for an initial or renewal
  license:
               (1)  for a first responder organization affiliated with
  an emergency medical services provider, notice of any disagreement
  regarding treatment protocols or equipment between the first
  responder organization's medical director and the emergency
  medical services provider's medical director; and
               (2)  for a first responder organization not affiliated
  with an emergency medical services provider:
                     (A)  proof that the first responder
  organization's medical director provided a copy of the
  organization's treatment protocols to the medical director of each
  emergency medical services provider that provides patient
  transport services for patients treated by the organization's
  personnel and that has an agreement with the organization; and
                     (B)  notice of any disagreement regarding
  treatment protocols or equipment between the first responder
  organization's medical director and the medical director of each
  emergency medical services provider that has an agreement with the
  organization.
         (b)  The executive commissioner may not require a first
  responder organization to obtain the approval of an emergency
  medical services provider's medical director regarding treatment
  protocols or equipment for issuance of an initial or renewal first
  responder organization license.
         SECTION 3.  Section 773.0416, Health and Safety Code, as
  added by this Act, applies only to an application submitted on or
  after the effective date of this Act.
         SECTION 4.  As soon as practicable after the effective date
  of this Act, the executive commissioner of the Health and Human
  Services Commission shall adopt any rules necessary to implement
  Section 773.0416, Health and Safety Code, as added by this Act.
         SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.