Bill Text: TX HB1869 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the composition of the Governor's EMS and Trauma Advisory Council.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-14 - Effective immediately [HB1869 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB1869-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 1869 |
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relating to the composition of the Governor's EMS and Trauma | ||
Advisory Council. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Sections 773.012(b) and (f), Health and Safety | ||
Code, are amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) The advisory council is composed of the following 19 | ||
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(1) a board-certified emergency physician, appointed | ||
from a list of names recommended by a statewide professional | ||
association of emergency physicians; | ||
(2) a licensed physician who is an emergency medical | ||
services medical director, appointed from a list of names | ||
recommended by a statewide professional association of emergency | ||
medical services medical directors; | ||
(3) a registered nurse, appointed from a list of names | ||
recommended by a statewide professional association of emergency | ||
nurses; | ||
(4) a fire chief for a municipality that provides | ||
emergency medical services, appointed from a list of names | ||
recommended by a statewide fire chiefs association; | ||
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provider of emergency medical services who is involved with the | ||
development of a Texas Trauma System, appointed from a list of names | ||
recommended by a statewide association of private providers of | ||
emergency medical services; | ||
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services, appointed from a list of names recommended by a statewide | ||
association of volunteers; | ||
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medical services; | ||
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air medical team or unit, appointed from a list of names recommended | ||
by a statewide emergency medical services air medical association; | ||
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provides emergency medical services, appointed from a list of names | ||
recommended by a statewide association of firefighters; | ||
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affiliated with a hospital that is a designated trauma facility in | ||
an urban community, appointed from a list of names recommended by a | ||
statewide association of hospitals; | ||
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affiliated with a hospital that is a designated trauma facility in a | ||
rural community, appointed from a list of names recommended by a | ||
statewide association of hospitals; | ||
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emergency medical services; | ||
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pediatrician with trauma or emergency care expertise; | ||
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(16) a representative of a stand-alone emergency | ||
medical services agency in a municipality or taxing district, | ||
appointed from a list of names recommended by a statewide | ||
association representing emergency medical services agencies; | ||
(17) a certified paramedic, appointed from a list of | ||
names recommended by a statewide association representing | ||
emergency medical services agencies or emergency medical services | ||
personnel; and | ||
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who are not qualified to serve under another subdivision of this | ||
subsection. | ||
(f) Members of the advisory council serve staggered | ||
six-year terms with the terms of six or seven [ |
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expiring January 1 of each even-numbered year. A vacancy on the | ||
advisory council is filled in the same manner as the original | ||
appointment for the unexpired term. | ||
SECTION 2. Not later than December 1, 2019, the governor | ||
shall appoint the members of the council as required by Section | ||
773.012(b)(3), Health and Safety Code, as amended by this Act, and | ||
Section 773.012(b)(15), Health and Safety Code, as added by this | ||
Act. | ||
SECTION 3. 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, 2019. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 1869 was passed by the House on May 3, | ||
2019, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. | ||
No. 1869 on May 24, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 0, | ||
2 present, not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 1869 was passed by the Senate, with | ||
amendments, on May 22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays | ||
0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: __________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |