81R933 JTS-D
By: Bohac H.B. No. 392
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to automated external defibrillators in nursing homes and
related institutions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 242, Health and Safety
Code, is amended by adding Section 242.159 to read as follows:
Sec. 242.159. AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATORS. An
institution shall have available for use at the institution an
automated external defibrillator, as defined by Section 779.001,
and shall comply with the training, use, and notification
requirements of Chapter 779.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.