Bill Text: TX HB1931 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to the liability of volunteer certified veterinary assistants, licensed veterinary technicians, or veterinarians who provide medical assistance to an injured animal in certain situations.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-29 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB1931 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB1931-Comm_Sub.html
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By: Kacal, Stucky, Buckley, King of Hemphill, | H.B. No. 1931 | |
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relating to the liability of volunteer certified veterinary | ||
assistants, licensed veterinary technicians, or veterinarians who | ||
provide medical assistance to an injured animal in certain | ||
situations. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Title 4, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, is | ||
amended by adding Chapter 91B to read as follows: | ||
CHAPTER 91B. LIABILITY OF VOLUNTEER VETERINARY PRACTITIONERS | ||
Sec. 91B.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter, "certified | ||
veterinary assistant," "licensed veterinary technician," and | ||
"veterinarian" have the meanings assigned by Section 801.002, | ||
Occupations Code. | ||
Sec. 91B.002. IMMUNITY FROM LIABILITY. (a) Except as | ||
provided by Section 91B.003, a certified veterinary assistant, | ||
licensed veterinary technician, or veterinarian who in good faith | ||
and as a volunteer provides medical assistance to an injured animal | ||
is immune from civil liability for an act or omission that occurs in | ||
providing that medical assistance if the medical assistance is | ||
provided: | ||
(1) in response to an incident that is a man-made or | ||
natural disaster that injures, endangers, or threatens to endanger | ||
the animal; | ||
(2) at the request of the owner of the animal or an | ||
authorized representative of a local, state, or federal agency, | ||
including a fire department, a police department, an emergency | ||
management agency, or a disaster response agency; and | ||
(3) within the scope of practice authorized and level | ||
of supervision required under Chapter 801, Occupations Code. | ||
(b) This section does not apply to a certified veterinary | ||
assistant, licensed veterinary technician, or veterinarian giving | ||
medical assistance for or in expectation of compensation from or on | ||
behalf of the owner of the animal in excess of reimbursement for | ||
expenses incurred. | ||
Sec. 91B.003. APPLICABILITY. This chapter does not apply | ||
to an act or omission that is grossly negligent or intentional | ||
misconduct. | ||
SECTION 2. Chapter 91B, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, | ||
as added by this Act, does not apply to a cause of action that | ||
accrued before the effective date of this Act. A cause of action | ||
that accrued before the effective date of this Act is governed by | ||
the law applicable to the cause of action immediately before the | ||
effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for | ||
that purpose. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |