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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to emergency prehospital care provided by emergency |
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services personnel. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 166, Health and Safety |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 166.054 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 166.054. COMPLIANCE WITH WRITTEN DIRECTIVE; CERTAIN |
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EMERGENCY PREHOSPITAL CARE SITUATIONS. (a) In this section: |
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(1) "Emergency medical services personnel" has the |
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meaning assigned by Section 773.003. |
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(2) "Emergency prehospital care" has the meaning |
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assigned by Section 773.003. |
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(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, |
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emergency medical services personnel who are providing emergency |
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prehospital care to a person are not required to review, examine, |
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interpret, or honor a person's written directive, including a |
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written directive in the form prescribed by Section 166.033. |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 773, Health and Safety |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 773.016 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 773.016. DUTIES OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES |
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PERSONNEL; CERTAIN EMERGENCY PREHOSPITAL CARE SITUATIONS. (a) In |
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this section, "cardiopulmonary resuscitation" has the meaning |
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assigned by Section 166.002. |
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(b) Emergency medical services personnel who are providing |
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emergency prehospital care to a person are subject to Chapter 166, |
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including Section 166.054. |
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(c) A physician who is present while a person is receiving |
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emergency prehospital care may order the termination of |
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cardiopulmonary resuscitation if, based on the physician's |
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professional medical judgment, the physician determines that |
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resuscitation should be discontinued. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |