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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to access by emergency medical services personnel to |
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locations with an inaccessible front door during an emergency call. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 773, Health and Safety |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 773.018 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 773.018. ACCESS TO LOCATIONS WITH INACCESSIBLE FRONT |
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DOOR. Emergency medical services personnel who are responding to |
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an emergency call at a location with an inaccessible front door |
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shall check each window and door at the location for access. |
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SECTION 2. 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, 2023. |