H.B. No. 846
AN ACT
relating to the license or certificate renewal process for
emergency medical services personnel and certain law enforcement
officers.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 773, Health and Safety
Code, is amended by adding Section 773.0415 to read as follows:
Sec. 773.0415. LIMITATION ON INFORMATION REQUIRED FOR
CERTIFICATE RENEWAL. The requirements and procedures adopted by
the department for the renewal of a certificate to practice as
emergency medical services personnel issued under this chapter:
(1) may not require an applicant to provide unchanged
criminal history information already included in one or more of the
applicant's previous applications for certification or for
certificate renewal filed with the department; and
(2) may require the applicant to provide only
information relevant to the period occurring since the date of the
applicant's last application for certification or for certificate
renewal, as applicable, including information relevant to any new
requirement applicable to the certificate held by the applicant.
SECTION 2. Subchapter G, Chapter 1701, Occupations Code, is
amended by adding Section 1701.317 to read as follows:
Sec. 1701.317. LIMITATION ON INFORMATION REQUIRED FOR
LICENSE RENEWAL. The requirements and procedures adopted by the
commission for the renewal of a license issued under this chapter:
(1) may not require an applicant to provide unchanged
criminal history information already included in one or more of the
applicant's previous applications for licensure or for license
renewal filed with the commission; and
(2) may require the applicant to provide only
information relevant to the period occurring since the date of the
applicant's last application for licensure or for license renewal,
as applicable, including information relevant to any new
requirement applicable to the license held by the applicant.
SECTION 3. Sections 773.0415, Health and Safety Code, and
1701.317, Occupations Code, as added by this Act, apply only to a
license or certificate renewed on or after January 1, 2011.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 846 was passed by the House on April
22, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 149, Nays 0, 1 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 846 was passed by the Senate on May
21, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor