Bill Text: TX SB1265 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to the accreditation of paramedic training programs.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2011-05-24 - Placed on General State Calendar [SB1265 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SB1265-Engrossed.html
By: Uresti | S.B. No. 1265 |
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relating to the accreditation of paramedic training programs. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 773, Health and Safety | ||
Code, is amended by adding Sections 773.0506 and 773.0507 to read as | ||
follows: | ||
Sec. 773.0506. ACCREDITATION OF PARAMEDIC TRAINING | ||
PROGRAMS. (a) The department shall post on the department's | ||
Internet website information related to the accreditation process | ||
for a paramedic training program, including a schedule of workshops | ||
and online seminars related to the accreditation process. | ||
(b) In awarding local project grant funds intended for | ||
paramedic training programs, the department shall give priority to | ||
paramedic training programs that: | ||
(1) serve a rural area of the state; | ||
(2) serve an area of the state along the international | ||
border; | ||
(3) are financially sound but have a demonstrated need | ||
for financial help to become accredited; or | ||
(4) are unable to enter into a consortium agreement | ||
because of geographic location. | ||
Sec. 773.0507. PARAMEDIC TRAINING PROGRAM ACCREDITATION | ||
STUDY. (a) The advisory council established under Section 773.012 | ||
shall coordinate with the department and the Texas Department of | ||
Rural Affairs to study the effect that a national accreditation | ||
requirement would have on: | ||
(1) private paramedic training programs; | ||
(2) the availability of paramedic training programs in | ||
rural areas of this state; and | ||
(3) the availability of paramedics in rural areas of | ||
the state and areas of the state along the international border. | ||
(b) The study must evaluate the options for accrediting | ||
paramedic training program providers in this state, including | ||
examining the requirements in other states relating to paramedic | ||
training programs. | ||
(c) Not later than September 1, 2012, the advisory council | ||
shall report to the legislature the findings of the study and the | ||
council's recommendations regarding paramedic training that will | ||
increase the availability of high-quality paramedic training | ||
programs in urban and rural areas of this state. | ||
(d) This section expires September 1, 2013. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |