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| 1 | 1 | 84R11150 SCL-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Raymond H.B. No. 2333 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the duty of business entities to use an automated | |
| 8 | 8 | external defibrillator. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Chapter 779, Health and Safety Code, is amended | |
| 11 | 11 | by adding Section 779.0061 to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | Sec. 779.0061. DUTY TO USE AUTOMATED EXTERNAL | |
| 13 | 13 | DEFIBRILLATOR; CIVIL LIABILITY. (a) A business entity that | |
| 14 | 14 | advertises the presence of an automated external defibrillator and | |
| 15 | 15 | staff trained to use the automated external defibrillator shall use | |
| 16 | 16 | the automated external defibrillator on a person in cardiac arrest | |
| 17 | 17 | on property owned or rented by the business entity if necessary. | |
| 18 | 18 | (b) If a business entity negligently fails to use an | |
| 19 | 19 | automated external defibrillator under Subsection (a), the | |
| 20 | 20 | business entity is liable for civil damages, including personal | |
| 21 | 21 | injury and wrongful death, caused by the negligent failure to act. | |
| 22 | 22 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |