84R11150 SCL-D
By: Raymond H.B. No. 2333
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the duty of business entities to use an automated
external defibrillator.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 779, Health and Safety Code, is amended
by adding Section 779.0061 to read as follows:
Sec. 779.0061. DUTY TO USE AUTOMATED EXTERNAL
DEFIBRILLATOR; CIVIL LIABILITY. (a) A business entity that
advertises the presence of an automated external defibrillator and
staff trained to use the automated external defibrillator shall use
the automated external defibrillator on a person in cardiac arrest
on property owned or rented by the business entity if necessary.
(b) If a business entity negligently fails to use an
automated external defibrillator under Subsection (a), the
business entity is liable for civil damages, including personal
injury and wrongful death, caused by the negligent failure to act.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.