87R1913 KKR-D
 
  By: Oliverson H.B. No. 786
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to required cardiopulmonary resuscitation training for
  certain telecommunicators.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 1701.352, Occupations Code, is amended
  by adding Subsection (j) to read as follows:
         (j)  The commission shall require a state, county, special
  district, or municipal agency that employs telecommunicators to
  require each telecommunicator who provides dispatch for medical
  emergencies to receive training, including continuing education
  training, in telecommunicator cardiopulmonary resuscitation.  A
  telecommunicator shall complete initial training not later than the
  60th day after the telecommunicator's first date of employment with
  the entity.  A telecommunicator shall complete continuing education
  training at least as often as nationally recognized standards for
  telecommunicator cardiopulmonary resuscitation training are
  updated.  The training must:
               (1)  use the most current nationally recognized
  emergency cardiovascular care guidelines;
               (2)  incorporate recognition protocols for
  out-of-hospital cardiac arrest; and
               (3)  provide information on best practices for relaying
  compression-only cardiopulmonary resuscitation instructions to
  callers.
         SECTION 2.  As soon as practicable after the effective date
  of this Act, the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement shall adopt
  rules necessary to implement Section 1701.352(j), Occupations
  Code, as added by this Act.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.