H.B. No. 1869
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
 
 
  relating to the composition of the Governor's EMS and Trauma
  Advisory Council.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Sections 773.012(b) and (f), Health and Safety
  Code, are amended to read as follows:
         (b)  The advisory council is composed of the following 19
  [15] members appointed by the governor:
               (1)  a board-certified emergency physician, appointed
  from a list of names recommended by a statewide professional
  association of emergency physicians;
               (2)  a licensed physician who is an emergency medical
  services medical director, appointed from a list of names
  recommended by a statewide professional association of emergency
  medical services medical directors;
               (3)  a registered nurse, appointed from a list of names
  recommended by a statewide professional association of emergency
  nurses;
               (4)  a fire chief for a municipality that provides
  emergency medical services, appointed from a list of names
  recommended by a statewide fire chiefs association;
               (5)  [(4)]  an officer or employee of a private
  provider of emergency medical services who is involved with the
  development of a Texas Trauma System, appointed from a list of names
  recommended by a statewide association of private providers of
  emergency medical services;
               (6)  [(5)]  a volunteer who provides emergency medical
  services, appointed from a list of names recommended by a statewide
  association of volunteers;
               (7)  [(6)]  an educator in the field of emergency
  medical services;
               (8)  [(7)]  a member of an emergency medical services
  air medical team or unit, appointed from a list of names recommended
  by a statewide emergency medical services air medical association;
               (9)  [(8)]  a representative of a fire department that
  provides emergency medical services, appointed from a list of names
  recommended by a statewide association of firefighters;
               (10)  [(9)]  a representative of hospitals who is
  affiliated with a hospital that is a designated trauma facility in
  an urban community, appointed from a list of names recommended by a
  statewide association of hospitals;
               (11)  [(10)]  a representative of hospitals, who is
  affiliated with a hospital that is a designated trauma facility in a
  rural community, appointed from a list of names recommended by a
  statewide association of hospitals;
               (12)  [(11)]  a representative of a county provider of
  emergency medical services;
               (13)  [(12)]  one licensed physician who is a
  pediatrician with trauma or emergency care expertise;
               (14)  [(13)]  one trauma surgeon;
               (15)  [or] one registered nurse with trauma expertise;
               (16)  a representative of a stand-alone emergency
  medical services agency in a municipality or taxing district,
  appointed from a list of names recommended by a statewide
  association representing emergency medical services agencies;
               (17)  a certified paramedic, appointed from a list of
  names recommended by a statewide association representing
  emergency medical services agencies or emergency medical services
  personnel; and
               (18) [(14)]  two representatives of the general public
  who are not qualified to serve under another subdivision of this
  subsection.
         (f)  Members of the advisory council serve staggered
  six-year terms with the terms of six or seven [five] members
  expiring January 1 of each even-numbered year. A vacancy on the
  advisory council is filled in the same manner as the original
  appointment for the unexpired term.
         SECTION 2.  Not later than December 1, 2019, the governor
  shall appoint the members of the council as required by Section
  773.012(b)(3), Health and Safety Code, as amended by this Act, and
  Section 773.012(b)(15), Health and Safety Code, as added by this
  Act.
         SECTION 3.  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, 2019.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 1869 was passed by the House on May 3,
  2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 140, Nays 0, 2 present, not
  voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
  No. 1869 on May 24, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 142, Nays 0,
  2 present, not voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 1869 was passed by the Senate, with
  amendments, on May 22, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays
  0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate   
  APPROVED: __________________
                  Date       
   
           __________________
                Governor