87R1913 KKR-D
By: Perry S.B. No. 375
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to required cardiopulmonary resuscitation training for
certain telecommunicators.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 1701.352, Occupations Code, is amended
by adding Subsection (j) to read as follows:
(j) The commission shall require a state, county, special
district, or municipal agency that employs telecommunicators to
require each telecommunicator who provides dispatch for medical
emergencies to receive training, including continuing education
training, in telecommunicator cardiopulmonary resuscitation. A
telecommunicator shall complete initial training not later than the
60th day after the telecommunicator's first date of employment with
the entity. A telecommunicator shall complete continuing education
training at least as often as nationally recognized standards for
telecommunicator cardiopulmonary resuscitation training are
updated. The training must:
(1) use the most current nationally recognized
emergency cardiovascular care guidelines;
(2) incorporate recognition protocols for
out-of-hospital cardiac arrest; and
(3) provide information on best practices for relaying
compression-only cardiopulmonary resuscitation instructions to
callers.
SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date
of this Act, the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement shall adopt
rules necessary to implement Section 1701.352(j), Occupations
Code, as added by this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.