TITLE: Relating to emergency services for licensed abortion facilities.

SUMMARY: Relating to emergency services for licensed abortion facilities.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to emergency services for licensed abortion facilities. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Chapter 245, Health and Safety Code, is amended by adding Section 245.0101 to read as follows: Sec. 245.0101. EMERGENCY SERVICES. (a) A facility licensed under this chapter shall develop and have a readily accessible written protocol for: (1) managing medical emergencies; and (2) transferring patients requiring further emergency care to a hospital. (b) The facility shall ensure that: (1) each physician practicing at the facility has admitting privileges at a hospital located no further than 30 miles from the facility; and (2) each person providing direct patient care is certified in basic life support if required in the person's job description or job responsibilities. (c) The facility shall maintain the necessary equipment and personnel for cardiopulmonary resuscitation. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect January 1, 2012.