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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a pilot program for carrying automated external |
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defibrillators in certain Department of Public Safety vehicles. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 411, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 411.0094 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 411.0094. PILOT PROGRAM FOR CARRYING AUTOMATED |
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EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATORS IN CERTAIN DEPARTMENT VEHICLES. (a) The |
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department shall develop and implement a pilot program in the |
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department's West Texas Region and Northwest Texas Region that |
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requires each department vehicle used for highway patrol in those |
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regions to carry an automated external defibrillator. |
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(b) The department shall document each use of an automated |
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external defibrillator included in the pilot program under |
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Subsection (a) and the location of use, including the county in |
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which the defibrillator was used and the approximate address of |
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use. |
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(c) Not later than December 1, 2028, the department shall |
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submit a written report to the governor, the lieutenant governor, |
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the speaker of the house of representatives, and the standing |
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committees of the house of |
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representatives and the senate with |
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primary jurisdiction over the department on the results of the |
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pilot program, including the information documented under |
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Subsection (b). |
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(d) The commission shall adopt rules to implement this |
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section. |
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(e) This section expires September 1, 2029. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |