83R6553 AJZ-D
By: Naishtat H.B. No. 2298
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the definition of "advanced life support" for the
purposes of providing emergency medical services.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 773.003(1), Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(1) "Advanced life support" means emergency
prehospital care that uses invasive medical acts, including an
advanced life support assessment.
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, 2013.