Bill Text: TX SB1265 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
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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-Introduced.html
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-Introduced.html
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By: Uresti | S.B. No. 1265 |
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relating to the accreditation of training programs and examinations | ||
for certain emergency medical services personnel. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 773.050, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended by adding Subsections (b-1) and (b-2) to read as follows: | ||
(b-1) A rule adopted under Subsection (b)(3) may not require | ||
a course or training program to be accredited by a national | ||
organization before January 1, 2018. | ||
(b-2) Not later than January 1, 2013, the department shall | ||
partner with a testing entity that administers an examination that | ||
qualifies the examinee for licensure as a paramedic. The | ||
department may not reimburse the testing entity for administering | ||
an examination, but the testing entity may charge a fee to an | ||
examinee. This subsection expires January 1, 2018. | ||
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. |