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Enacted-Effective 9/1/11: HB 577 -- EMS not required to review or honor health care directive

Caption: Relating to emergency prehospital care provided by emergency services personnel.
Author: McClendon
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Bill Text

Relevance:  HB 577 amends the Health and Safety Code so that EMS personnel who are providing emergency pre-hospital care to a person are not required to review, examine, interpret or honor a person's written directive. 

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