| 1 | 1 | | 88R3346 SRA-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Martinez H.B. No. 1080 |
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| 4 | 4 | | |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to cardiopulmonary resuscitation certification |
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| 8 | 8 | | requirements for certain food service employees. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Chapter 438, Health and Safety Code, is amended |
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| 11 | 11 | | by adding Subchapter E to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | SUBCHAPTER E. CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION CERTIFICATION FOR |
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| 13 | 13 | | CERTAIN FOOD SERVICE EMPLOYEES |
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| 14 | 14 | | Sec. 438.051. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "food |
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| 15 | 15 | | service establishment" has the meaning assigned by Section 437.001. |
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| 16 | 16 | | Sec. 438.052. APPLICABILITY. This subchapter applies only |
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| 17 | 17 | | to a food service establishment with a space designed for food |
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| 18 | 18 | | consumption on the premises of the establishment. |
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| 19 | 19 | | Sec. 438.053. CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION CERTIFICATION. |
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| 20 | 20 | | (a) A food service establishment may require each establishment |
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| 21 | 21 | | employee whose position requires regular interaction with |
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| 22 | 22 | | customers consuming food on the establishment's premises to hold a |
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| 23 | 23 | | certification in cardiopulmonary resuscitation. The establishment |
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| 24 | 24 | | is not required to reimburse an employee for the cost of obtaining |
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| 25 | 25 | | the certification. |
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| 26 | 26 | | (b) The instructor of a training course for the |
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| 27 | 27 | | certification in cardiopulmonary resuscitation required under this |
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| 28 | 28 | | section must be authorized to provide the training by the American |
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| 29 | 29 | | Heart Association, the American Red Cross, or a similar nationally |
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| 30 | 30 | | recognized association that provides the training. |
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| 31 | 31 | | Sec. 438.054. PROHIBITED DISCRIMINATION. A food service |
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| 32 | 32 | | establishment may not discriminate in hiring an employee for a |
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| 33 | 33 | | position described by Section 438.053(a) based on whether an |
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| 34 | 34 | | applicant for the position holds a certification in cardiopulmonary |
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| 35 | 35 | | resuscitation. |
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| 36 | 36 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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