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| 2 | 2 | | By: Campos H.B. No. 2635 |
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| 7 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 9 | | relating to county and municipal regulation of automated external |
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| 10 | 10 | | defibrillators. |
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| 11 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 12 | 12 | | SECTION 1. Chapter 122, Health and Safety Code, is amended |
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| 13 | 13 | | by adding Section 122.009 to read as follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | Sec. 122.009. COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL REGULATION OF AUTOMATED |
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| 15 | 15 | | EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATORS. (a) In this section, "automated external |
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| 16 | 16 | | defibrillator" has the meaning assigned by Section 779.001. |
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| 17 | 17 | | (b) After public notice and hearing, a county or |
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| 18 | 18 | | municipality by order or ordinance may require automated external |
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| 19 | 19 | | defibrillators to be installed and maintained in structures subject |
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| 20 | 20 | | to county or municipal licensure or other regulation to provide |
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| 21 | 21 | | adequate emergency preparedness. The order or ordinance: |
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| 22 | 22 | | (1) may specify the structures subject to the |
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| 23 | 23 | | requirement and the minimum number and position of required |
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| 24 | 24 | | automated external defibrillators; |
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| 25 | 25 | | (2) may not apply to a health facility licensed under |
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| 26 | 26 | | Title 4 or a premises with an occupancy limit of 30 or fewer |
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| 27 | 27 | | persons; and |
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| 28 | 28 | | (3) may provide exceptions and a variance process to |
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| 29 | 29 | | ensure small businesses are not adversely impacted. |
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| 30 | 30 | | (c) The governing body of a municipality or the |
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| 31 | 31 | | commissioners court of a county shall consult with the county or |
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| 32 | 32 | | municipal fire marshal, the county or municipal fire chief, or |
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| 33 | 33 | | other local official with authority over emergency matters to |
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| 34 | 34 | | determine whether to require automated external defibrillators |
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| 35 | 35 | | under Subsection (b) and the structures subject to the requirement. |
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| 36 | 36 | | (d) A county order adopted under Subsection (b) does not |
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| 37 | 37 | | apply to structures within a municipality and the municipality's |
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| 38 | 38 | | extraterritorial jurisdiction if the municipality has adopted an |
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| 39 | 39 | | ordinance under Subsection (b). A municipal ordinance may apply to |
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| 40 | 40 | | structures within the municipality's extraterritorial |
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| 41 | 41 | | jurisdiction. |
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| 42 | 42 | | (e) A county or municipality: |
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| 43 | 43 | | (1) may inspect a structure subject to an order or |
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| 44 | 44 | | ordinance adopted under Subsection (b) to ensure compliance with |
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| 45 | 45 | | the order or ordinance; and |
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| 46 | 46 | | (2) may not impose application or inspection fees |
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| 47 | 47 | | related to an order or ordinance adopted under Subsection (b). |
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| 48 | 48 | | (f) Chapter 779 applies to automated external |
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| 49 | 49 | | defibrillators required under an order or ordinance adopted under |
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| 50 | 50 | | Subsection (b). |
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| 51 | 51 | | (g) A county or municipality and county or municipal elected |
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| 52 | 52 | | or appointed officials, employees, and agents are not liable for |
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| 53 | 53 | | the regulation of or failure to regulate automated external |
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| 54 | 54 | | defibrillators. |
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| 55 | 55 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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