| 1 | | - | H.B. No. 786 |
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| 1 | + | By: Oliverson, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Perry) H.B. No. 786 |
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| 2 | + | (In the Senate - Received from the House April 13, 2021; |
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| 3 | + | April 13, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on Health & |
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| 4 | + | Human Services; April 26, 2021, reported favorably by the |
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| 5 | + | following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; April 26, 2021, sent to printer.) |
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| 6 | + | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 4 | 10 | | AN ACT |
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| 5 | 11 | | relating to required cardiopulmonary resuscitation training for |
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| 6 | 12 | | telecommunicators. |
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| 7 | 13 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 8 | 14 | | SECTION 1. Section 1701.3071, Occupations Code, is amended |
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| 9 | 15 | | by adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: |
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| 10 | 16 | | (a-1) The training required by Subsection (a)(2) must |
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| 11 | 17 | | include telecommunicator cardiopulmonary resuscitation training |
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| 12 | 18 | | that: |
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| 13 | 19 | | (1) uses the most current nationally recognized |
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| 14 | 20 | | emergency cardiovascular care guidelines; |
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| 15 | 21 | | (2) incorporates recognition protocols for |
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| 16 | 22 | | out-of-hospital cardiac arrest; and |
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| 17 | 23 | | (3) provides information on best practices for |
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| 18 | 24 | | relaying compression-only cardiopulmonary resuscitation |
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| 19 | 25 | | instructions to callers. |
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| 20 | 26 | | SECTION 2. Section 1701.352(i), Occupations Code, is |
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| 21 | 27 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 22 | 28 | | (i) A state agency, county, special district, or |
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| 23 | 29 | | municipality that appoints or employs a telecommunicator shall |
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| 24 | 30 | | provide training to the telecommunicator of not less than 20 hours |
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| 25 | 31 | | during each 24-month period of employment that includes: |
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| 26 | 32 | | (1) telecommunicator cardiopulmonary resuscitation as |
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| 27 | 33 | | described by Section 1701.3071(a-1); and |
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| 28 | 34 | | (2) other [. The training must be approved by the |
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| 29 | 35 | | commission and consist of] topics selected by the commission and |
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| 30 | 36 | | the employing entity. |
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| 31 | 37 | | SECTION 3. As soon as practicable after the effective date |
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| 32 | 38 | | of this Act, the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement shall adopt |
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| 33 | 39 | | rules necessary to implement Section 1701.3071(a-1), Occupations |
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| 34 | 40 | | Code, as added by this Act, and Section 1701.352(i), Occupations |
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| 35 | 41 | | Code, as amended by this Act. |
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| 36 | 42 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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| 37 | | - | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 38 | | - | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 39 | | - | I certify that H.B. No. 786 was passed by the House on April |
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| 40 | | - | 13, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 148, Nays 0, 1 present, not |
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| 41 | | - | voting. |
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| 42 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 43 | | - | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 44 | | - | I certify that H.B. No. 786 was passed by the Senate on April |
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| 45 | | - | 29, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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| 46 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 47 | | - | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 48 | | - | APPROVED: _____________________ |
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| 49 | | - | Date |
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| 50 | | - | _____________________ |
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| 51 | | - | Governor |
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| 43 | + | * * * * * |
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