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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to first responder policies for emergencies occurring at a |
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group home in certain municipalities and counties. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 370, Local Government Code, is amended |
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by adding Section 370.010 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 370.010. GROUP HOME POLICIES IN CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES |
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AND COUNTIES. (a) In this section, "group home" has the meaning |
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assigned by Section 769.001, Health and Safety Code, as added by |
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Chapter 141 (S.B. 188), Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular |
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Session, 2023. |
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(b) This section applies only to a municipality wholly or |
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partly located in a county with a population of more than 300,000 |
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and a county with a population of more than 300,000. |
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(c) A municipal or county law enforcement agency, a |
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municipal or county fire department, and any other municipal or |
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county department providing emergency medical services shall |
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develop policies to respond to an emergency occurring at a group |
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home, regardless of whether the group home holds a license. In |
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developing a policy under this subsection, a municipal or county |
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department shall establish any procedures necessary for an |
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efficient response to an emergency after considering the nature of |
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group homes. |
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SECTION 2. It is the intent of the 89th Legislature, Regular |
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Session, 2025, that the amendments made by this Act to Chapter 370, |
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Local Government Code, be harmonized with another Act of the 89th |
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Legislature, Regular Session, 2025, relating to nonsubstantive |
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additions to and corrections in enacted codes. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |