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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the application requirements for first responder |
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organizations to receive an initial license or to renew a license. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 773.003(16), Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(16) "First responder organization" means a group or |
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association of certified emergency medical services personnel |
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that, working in cooperation with a licensed emergency medical |
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services provider, provides immediate on-scene care under the |
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direction of a medical director to ill or injured persons but does |
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not transport those persons. |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter C, Chapter 773, Health and Safety |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 773.0416 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 773.0416. ADDITIONAL APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS FOR |
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FIRST RESPONDER ORGANIZATIONS. (a) To the extent the rules adopted |
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under this chapter require a first responder organization to submit |
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an application for a license, each first responder organization |
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shall include with an application for an initial or renewal |
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license: |
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(1) for a first responder organization affiliated with |
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an emergency medical services provider, notice of any disagreement |
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regarding treatment protocols or equipment between the first |
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responder organization's medical director and the emergency |
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medical services provider's medical director; and |
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(2) for a first responder organization not affiliated |
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with an emergency medical services provider: |
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(A) proof that the first responder |
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organization's medical director provided a copy of the |
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organization's treatment protocols to the medical director of each |
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emergency medical services provider that provides patient |
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transport services for patients treated by the organization's |
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personnel and that has an agreement with the organization; and |
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(B) notice of any disagreement regarding |
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treatment protocols or equipment between the first responder |
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organization's medical director and the medical director of each |
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emergency medical services provider that has an agreement with the |
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organization. |
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(b) The executive commissioner may not require a first |
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responder organization to obtain the approval of an emergency |
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medical services provider's medical director regarding treatment |
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protocols or equipment for issuance of an initial or renewal first |
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responder organization license. |
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SECTION 3. Section 773.0416, Health and Safety Code, as |
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added by this Act, applies only to an application submitted on or |
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after the effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 4. As soon as practicable after the effective date |
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of this Act, the executive commissioner of the Health and Human |
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Services Commission shall adopt any rules necessary to implement |
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Section 773.0416, Health and Safety Code, as added by this Act. |
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SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |