82R22229 ALB-F
By: Quintanilla, Chisum, Margo, Garza, H.B. No. 2369
et al.
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2369:
By: Kolkhorst C.S.H.B. No. 2369
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the accreditation of training programs and examinations
for certain emergency medical services personnel.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 773.050, Health and Safety Code, is
amended by adding Subsections (b-1) and (b-2) to read as follows:
(b-1) A paramedic education course or training program is
not required to be accredited by a national organization before
January 1, 2014, unless, not later than September 1, 2012, the
department sets an earlier date in accordance with a recommendation
of the advisory council established under Section 773.012.
(b-2) Not later than January 1, 2013, the department shall
partner with a testing entity that administers an examination that
qualifies the examinee for licensure as a paramedic. The
department may not reimburse the testing entity for administering
an examination, but the testing entity may charge a fee to an
examinee. This subsection expires January 1, 2015.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2011.