H.B. No. 788
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the eligibility of emergency service dispatchers to
  participate in a public safety employees treatment court program.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 129.001, Government Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         Sec. 129.001.  DEFINITION.  In this chapter, "public safety
  employee" means a peace officer, firefighter, detention officer,
  county jailer, [or] emergency medical services employee, or
  emergency service dispatcher of this state or a political
  subdivision of this state.
         SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies to a
  person who, on or after the effective date of this Act, enters a
  public safety employees treatment court program created under
  Chapter 129, Government Code, regardless of whether the person
  entering the program committed the offense for which the person
  enters the program before, on, or after the effective date of this
  Act.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 788 was passed by the House on April
  9, 2021, by the following vote:  Yeas 142, Nays 2, 1 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 788 was passed by the Senate on May
  12, 2021, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor