Bill Text: TX HB786 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to required cardiopulmonary resuscitation training for telecommunicators.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2021-05-15 - Effective on 9/1/21 [HB786 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB786-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 786 |
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relating to required cardiopulmonary resuscitation training for | ||
telecommunicators. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 1701.3071, Occupations Code, is amended | ||
by adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: | ||
(a-1) The training required by Subsection (a)(2) must | ||
include telecommunicator cardiopulmonary resuscitation training | ||
that: | ||
(1) uses the most current nationally recognized | ||
emergency cardiovascular care guidelines; | ||
(2) incorporates recognition protocols for | ||
out-of-hospital cardiac arrest; and | ||
(3) provides information on best practices for | ||
relaying compression-only cardiopulmonary resuscitation | ||
instructions to callers. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 1701.352(i), Occupations Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(i) A state agency, county, special district, or | ||
municipality that appoints or employs a telecommunicator shall | ||
provide training to the telecommunicator of not less than 20 hours | ||
during each 24-month period of employment that includes: | ||
(1) telecommunicator cardiopulmonary resuscitation as | ||
described by Section 1701.3071(a-1); and | ||
(2) other [ |
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the employing entity. | ||
SECTION 3. As soon as practicable after the effective date | ||
of this Act, the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement shall adopt | ||
rules necessary to implement Section 1701.3071(a-1), Occupations | ||
Code, as added by this Act, and Section 1701.352(i), Occupations | ||
Code, as amended by this Act. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 786 was passed by the House on April | ||
13, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 148, Nays 0, 1 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 786 was passed by the Senate on April | ||
29, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |