84R8933 SCL-D
By: Martinez H.B. No. 2020
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the scope of duties of an emergency medical
technician-paramedic and a licensed paramedic.
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 773.0496 to read as follows:
Sec. 773.0496. SCOPE OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL
TECHNICIAN-PARAMEDIC AND LICENSED PARAMEDIC DUTIES.
Notwithstanding other law, a person who is certified under this
chapter as an emergency medical technician-paramedic or a licensed
paramedic and who is acting under the authority of a licensed
physician may in accordance with department rules provide health
care services, including advanced life support, in an emergency or
urgent care clinical setting, including a hospital emergency room
and a freestanding emergency medical care facility.
SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date
of this Act, the executive commissioner of the Health and Human
Services Commission shall adopt any rules necessary to implement
Section 773.0496, Health and Safety Code, as added by this Act.
SECTION 3. 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, 2015.