82R10325 JSC-D
By: Landtroop H.B. No. 2787
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to emergency services for licensed abortion facilities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 245, Health and Safety Code, is amended
by adding Section 245.0101 to read as follows:
Sec. 245.0101. EMERGENCY SERVICES. (a) A facility
licensed under this chapter shall develop and have a readily
accessible written protocol for:
(1) managing medical emergencies; and
(2) transferring patients requiring further emergency
care to a hospital.
(b) The facility shall ensure that:
(1) each physician practicing at the facility has
admitting privileges at a hospital located no further than 30 miles
from the facility; and
(2) each person providing direct patient care is
certified in basic life support if required in the person's job
description or job responsibilities.
(c) The facility shall maintain the necessary equipment and
personnel for cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect January 1, 2012.