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H.B. No. 805
AN ACT
relating to allowing certain emergency and hospital personnel to
take the thumbprint of certain people who receive emergency
prehospital care.
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 773.015 to read as follows:
Sec. 773.015. IDENTIFICATION OF CERTAIN PATIENTS RECEIVING
EMERGENCY PREHOSPITAL CARE. Emergency medical services personnel
or emergency room medical or admissions personnel may take the
thumbprint of a person who receives emergency prehospital care if
the person:
(1) does not possess personal identification at the
time the care is administered;
(2) is unconscious;
(3) is transported across the Texas-Mexico border by
ambulance or helicopter while receiving emergency prehospital
care; and
(4) is delivered to a hospital that has digital
fingerprinting capabilities.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 805 was passed by the House on April
22, 2005, by a non-record vote.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 805 was passed by the Senate on May
19, 2005, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
______________________________
Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
_____________________
Governor