86R2631 JG-F
By: Martinez H.B. No. 2400
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the application requirements for first responder
organizations to receive an initial license or to renew a license.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 773.003(16), Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(16) "First responder organization" means a group or
association of certified emergency medical services personnel
that, working in cooperation with a licensed emergency medical
services provider, provides immediate on-scene care under the
direction of a medical director to ill or injured persons but does
not transport those persons.
SECTION 2. Subchapter C, Chapter 773, Health and Safety
Code, is amended by adding Section 773.0416 to read as follows:
Sec. 773.0416. ADDITIONAL APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS FOR
FIRST RESPONDER ORGANIZATIONS. (a) To the extent the rules adopted
under this chapter require a first responder organization to submit
an application for a license, each first responder organization
shall include with an application for an initial or renewal
license:
(1) for a first responder organization affiliated with
an emergency medical services provider, notice of any disagreement
regarding treatment protocols or equipment between the first
responder organization's medical director and the emergency
medical services provider's medical director; and
(2) for a first responder organization not affiliated
with an emergency medical services provider:
(A) proof that the first responder
organization's medical director provided a copy of the
organization's treatment protocols to the medical director of each
emergency medical services provider that provides patient
transport services for patients treated by the organization's
personnel and that has an agreement with the organization; and
(B) notice of any disagreement regarding
treatment protocols or equipment between the first responder
organization's medical director and the medical director of each
emergency medical services provider that has an agreement with the
organization.
(b) The executive commissioner may not require a first
responder organization to obtain the approval of an emergency
medical services provider's medical director regarding treatment
protocols or equipment for issuance of an initial or renewal first
responder organization license.
SECTION 3. Section 773.0416, Health and Safety Code, as
added by this Act, applies only to an application submitted on or
after the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 4. 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 773.0416, Health and Safety Code, as added by this Act.
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.