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EMSAT Legislative News
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The following bills were approved and signed on June 16, 2007 by Governor Perry:
You can access final versions of other bills by clicking here.
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80(R) SB 551 - Introduced version - Bill Text Did not pass |
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Caption: Relating to indigent health care.
Excerpt: BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 61.002, Health and Safety Code, is amended by amending Subdivision (1) and adding Subdivision (4-a) to read as follows: (1) "Department" means the [Texas] Department of State Health Services. SECTION 15. Notwithstanding Section 61.025(e), Health and Safety Code, a county and municipality may amend an agreement under Section 61.025, Health and Safety Code, to conform to changes in law made by this Act to Section 61.025(...
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80(R) HB 1205 - Introduced version - Bill Text Did not pass |
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Caption: Relating to the prohibition of certain employment discrimination regarding an employee who is a volunteer emergency responder.
Excerpt: DISCRIMINATION PROHIBITED. Except as provided by this chapter, an employer may not terminate or suspend the employment of, or in any other manner discriminate against, an employee who is a volunteer emergency responder and who is absent from or late to the employee's employment because the employee is responding to an emergency in the employee's capacity as a volunteer emergency responder. (b) An employer described by Subsection (a) may permit an employee to provide services as a volunteer ...
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80(R) HB 1129 - Introduced version - Bill Text Did not pass |
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Caption: Relating to the prosecution and punishment of the offense of criminal trespass.
Excerpt: (d) An offense under Subsection (e) is a Class C misdemeanor unless it is committed in a habitation or unless the actor carries a deadly weapon on or about the actor's person during the commission of the offense, in which event it is a Class A misdemeanor. An offense under Subsection (k) is a Class C misdemeanor unless it is committed in a building or habitation or unless the actor carries a deadly weapon on or about the actor's person during the commission of the offense, in which event it ...
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80(R) HB 1079 - Introduced version - Bill Text Did not pass |
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Caption: Relating to the conditions of employment for emergency medical services personnel employed by certain municipalities.
Excerpt: RECOGNITION OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PERSONNEL ASSOCIATION. A public employer may recognize an association that submits a petition signed by a majority of the paid emergency medical services personnel in the municipality, excluding the head of the emergency medical services department and assistant department heads in the rank or classification immediately below that of the department head, as the sole and exclusive bargaining agent for all of the covered emergency medical services ...
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80(R) SB 239 - Introduced version - Bill Text Did not pass |
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Caption: Relating to interference with the duties of a public health professional; providing a criminal penalty.
Excerpt: BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 38.15(a), Penal Code, is amended to read as follows: (a) A person commits an offense if the person with criminal negligence interrupts, disrupts, impedes, or otherwise interferes with: (1) a peace officer while the peace officer is performing a duty or exercising authority imposed or granted by law; (2) a person who is employed to provide emergency medical services including the transportation of ill or injured persons...
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80(R) HB 618 - Introduced version - Bill Text PASSED |
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Caption: Relating to the eligibility of emergency medical services personnel to participate in a low-interest home loan program offered by the state.
Excerpt: SECTION 2. Section 2306.5621, Government Code, is amended to read as follows: Sec. 2306.5621. FIRE FIGHTER, [AND] LAW ENFORCEMENT OR SECURITY OFFICER, AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PERSONNEL HOME LOAN PROGRAM. (a) In this section: (1) "Fire fighter" means a member of a fire department who performs a function listed in Section 419.021(3)(C), Government Code. (b) The corporation shall establish a program to provide eligible fire fighters, corrections officers, county jailers, public security ...
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80(R) HB 610 - Introduced version - Bill Text PASSED |
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Caption: Relating to a plan to provide services to an area annexed by a municipality.
Excerpt: If [unless] certain services cannot reasonably be provided within that period, [and] the municipality shall list those services in the service plan and propose in the plan [proposes] a schedule for providing those services. However, under the program if the municipality provides any of the following services within the corporate boundaries of the municipality before annexation, the municipality must provide those services in the area proposed for annexation on the effective date of the ...
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80(R) SB 205 - Introduced version - Bill Text Did not pass |
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Caption: Relating to the privacy of protected health information.
Excerpt: SECTION 9. Section 81.103, Health and Safety Code, is amended by adding Subsection (k) to read as follows: (k) If a disclosure under Subsection (d) is a disclosure of protected health information by a covered entity, as those terms are defined by the privacy rule of the Administrative Simplification subtitle of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (Pub. SECTION 12. Section 162.006, Health and Safety Code, is amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: (d) ...
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80(R) HB 422 - Introduced version - Bill Text Did not pass |
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Caption: Relating to the revenue sources for and administration of the Texas mobility fund.
Excerpt: (a) Except as provided by Section 152.1222 and Subsection (b) of this section, the [The] comptroller shall deposit the funds received under Section 152.121 of this code as follows: (1) 1/4 to the credit of the foundation school fund; and (2) the remaining funds to the credit of the general revenue fund. SECTION 9. Section 542.402, Transportation Code, is amended by adding Subsection (f) to read as follows: (f) The comptroller shall deposit money received under Subsection (b) to the credit of ...
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80(R) SB 28 - Introduced version - Bill Text Did not pass |
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Caption: Relating to transferable physician orders for life-sustaining and related treatment.
Excerpt: ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; TRANSFERABLE PHYSICIAN ORDERS SECTION 2. Section 166.001, Health and Safety Code, is amended to read as follows: Sec. 166.001. SHORT TITLE. This chapter may be cited as the Advance Directives and Transferable Physician Orders Act. Sec. 166.007. EXECUTION OF ADVANCE DIRECTIVE OR TRANSFERABLE PHYSICIAN ORDERS MAY NOT BE REQUIRED. A physician, health facility, health care provider, insurer, or health care service plan may not require a person to execute or issue an advance ...
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80(R) SB 151 - Introduced version - Bill Text Did not pass |
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Caption: Relating to the immigration status or nationality of a person needing or receiving certain emergency services.
Excerpt: relating to the immigration status or nationality of a person needing or receiving certain emergency services. SECTION 2. Section 311.022, Health and Safety Code, is amended by adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows: (c-1) An officer, employee, or medical staff member of a general hospital may not inquire as to the immigration status or nationality of a person who needs or receives emergency services, unless the information is necessary to provide those services to the person. (a) ...
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80(R) SB 126 - Introduced version - Bill Text Did not pass |
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Caption: Relating to the revenue sources for and administration of the Texas mobility fund.
Excerpt: (a) Except as provided by Section 152.1222 and Subsection (b) of this section, the [The] comptroller shall deposit the funds received under Section 152.121 of this code as follows: (1) 1/4 to the credit of the foundation school fund; and (2) the remaining funds to the credit of the general revenue fund. SECTION 9. Section 542.402, Transportation Code, is amended by adding Subsection (f) to read as follows: (f) The comptroller shall deposit money received under Subsection (b) to the credit of ...
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80(R) SB 125 - Introduced version - Bill Text Did not pass |
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Caption: Relating to the deposit of revenue collected from certain traffic penalties in the designated trauma facility and emergency medical services account.
Excerpt: (c) After deducting amounts the local authority is authorized by this section to retain, the local authority shall send all revenue derived from civil or administrative penalties collected by the local authority under this section to the comptroller for deposit to the credit of the designated trauma facility and emergency medical services account established under Section 780.003, Health and Safety Code. SECTION 2. Section 780.003(b), Health and Safety Code, is amended to read as follows: (b)...
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80(R) HB 259 - Introduced version - Bill Text Did not pass |
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Caption: Relating to the persons authorized to draw a blood specimen from a vehicle operator to test for alcohol concentration or other intoxicating substances.
Excerpt: relating to the persons authorized to draw a blood specimen from a vehicle operator to test for alcohol concentration or other intoxicating substances. [(b)] The person who takes a [the] blood specimen under this chapter, or the facility [hospital] where a [the] blood specimen is taken, is not liable for damages arising from the request or order of the peace officer to take the blood specimen as provided by this chapter if the blood specimen was taken according to recognized medical ...
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80(R) HB 24 - Introduced version - Bill Text Did not pass |
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Caption: Relating to a fee on sales of alcoholic beverages in certain municipalities to fund fire and emergency services and related educational activities.
Excerpt: relating to a fee on sales of alcoholic beverages in certain municipalities to fund fire and emergency services and related educational activities. USE OF FEES FOR FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES AND ALCOHOL AWARENESS EDUCATION. A municipality that collects fees under this chapter shall dedicate the fees to be used by the municipality's fire and emergency medical services department to: (1) provide additional equipment, staffing, and training of personnel; and (2) implement an alcohol awareness ...
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