By: Israel H.B. No. 3488
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to appeal of emergency medical services personnel
employment termination to the State Office of Administrative
Hearings.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 180, Local Government Code, is amended
by adding Section 180.008 to read as follows:
Sec. 180.008. EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PERSONNEL: APPEAL
OF TERMINATION TO STATE OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS. (a) In
this section:
(1) "Emergency medical services personnel" has the
meaning assigned by Section 773.003, Health and Safety Code.
(2) "Municipality" has the meaning assigned by Section
1.005, Texas Local Government Code.
(b) This section only applies to a municipality and
emergency medical services personnel covered by Subchapter K,
Chapter 143
(c) Notwithstanding any other law, an individual who is
certified to practice as emergency medical services personnel and
who is employed by a municipality covered by Texas Local Government
Code Chapter 143 is entitled to appeal the withdrawal of the
individual's authority to provide delegated medical care and
subsequent termination of
employment as an emergency medical
services personnel by the municipality to the State Office of
Administrative Hearings.
(d) A municipality shall adopt procedures for referring
appeals described under Subsection (b) consistent with procedures
used under Section 2003.021(b)(4), Government Code, and any
applicable rules adopted by the State Office of Administrative
Hearings.
SECTION 3. Section 180.008, Local Government Code, as added
by this Act, applies only to an appeal of the withdrawal of an
individual's authority to provide delegated medical care and
subsequent termination of employment as an emergency medical
services personnel that occurs after the effective date of this
Act.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.