88R14171 MCF-D
By: Bucy H.B. No. 5219
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to access by emergency medical services personnel to
locations with an inaccessible front door during an emergency call.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 773, Health and Safety
Code, is amended by adding Section 773.018 to read as follows:
Sec. 773.018. ACCESS TO LOCATIONS WITH INACCESSIBLE FRONT
DOOR. Emergency medical services personnel who are responding to
an emergency call at a location with an inaccessible front door
shall check each window and door at the location for access.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2023.