HB 1078 - License Fees waived for people certified to perform CPR

[Papa_Tiger]

https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/Hi ... ill=HB1078

Waive Drivers License and LTC fees for an applicant who "submits to the department satisfactory evidence that the applicant holds a current certification in cardiopulmonary resuscitation issued by the American Heart Association, the American Red Cross, or another nationally recognized association."

[TxAzn]

oooh I think I like this one! As an RN, I am already required to have CPR cert so I think it will help more healthcare professionals obtain and maintain their LTC!

[Liberty]

If they really want to encourage certification, they should eliminate drivers license fees for the certified.

[Skooter]

If they really want to encourage certification, they should eliminate drivers license fees for the certified.

Read the Bill....... That's in there

[Gator Guy]

I got a CPR card so I could ignore 30.06 signs but waived license fees would be icing on the cake.

[Liberty]

If they really want to encourage certification, they should eliminate drivers license fees for the certified.

Read the Bill....... That's in there

I didn't see that a good bill, but may have a better chance of passing if the just reduced the fees by $10 bucks or so.

[CrimsonSoul]

I got a CPR card so I could ignore 30.06 signs but waived license fees would be icing on the cake.

I just got my CPR card a week ago (Going to try and go into an lvn/rn program at the beginning of the year). How does having a cpr card allow you to ignore 30.06?

[José Shalom]

It makes sense. They already waive fees for military, so why not waive fees for civilians who volunteer to save lives.

[RoyGBiv]

I got a CPR card so I could ignore 30.06 signs but waived license fees would be icing on the cake.

I just got my CPR card a week ago (Going to try and go into an lvn/rn program at the beginning of the year). How does having a cpr card allow you to ignore 30.06?

It doesn't. Although some people think it does.
IMO, just because you have a CPR card does not make you fit the definition of "volunteer emergency services personnel".
If you're not part of a more formal volunteer organization of some sort, good luck invoking 30.06/07 (f).

Just my opinion. Feel free to be a test case. I could certainly be wrong.

Emphasis mine.

https://codes.findlaw.com/tx/penal-code ... 30-06.html
(f) It is a defense to prosecution under this section that the license holder is volunteer emergency services personnel, as defined by Section 46.01.

https://codes.findlaw.com/tx/penal-code ... 46-01.html
(18) “Volunteer emergency services personnel” includes a volunteer firefighter, an emergency medical services volunteer as defined by Section 773.003, Health and Safety Code , and any individual who, as a volunteer, provides services for the benefit of the general public during emergency situations.

[Gator Guy]

I got a CPR card so I could ignore 30.06 signs but waived license fees would be icing on the cake.

I just got my CPR card a week ago (Going to try and go into an lvn/rn program at the beginning of the year). How does having a cpr card allow you to ignore 30.06?

It doesn't. Although some people think it does.
IMO, just because you have a CPR card does not make you fit the definition of "volunteer emergency services personnel".
If you're not part of a more formal volunteer organization of some sort, good luck invoking 30.06/07 (f).

Just my opinion. Feel free to be a test case. I could certainly be wrong.

Emphasis mine.

https://codes.findlaw.com/tx/penal-code ... 30-06.html
(f) It is a defense to prosecution under this section that the license holder is volunteer emergency services personnel, as defined by Section 46.01.

https://codes.findlaw.com/tx/penal-code ... 46-01.html
(18) “Volunteer emergency services personnel” includes a volunteer firefighter, an emergency medical services volunteer as defined by Section 773.003, Health and Safety Code , and any individual who, as a volunteer, provides services for the benefit of the general public during emergency situations.

Thank you for posting the text so everybody can see the law clearly says any individual who... not a member of a formal volunteer emergency services organization of some sort who... despite what some people think.

[RoyGBiv]

I got a CPR card so I could ignore 30.06 signs but waived license fees would be icing on the cake.

I just got my CPR card a week ago (Going to try and go into an lvn/rn program at the beginning of the year). How does having a cpr card allow you to ignore 30.06?

It doesn't. Although some people think it does.
IMO, just because you have a CPR card does not make you fit the definition of "volunteer emergency services personnel".
If you're not part of a more formal volunteer organization of some sort, good luck invoking 30.06/07 (f).

Just my opinion. Feel free to be a test case. I could certainly be wrong.

Emphasis mine.

https://codes.findlaw.com/tx/penal-code ... 30-06.html
(f) It is a defense to prosecution under this section that the license holder is volunteer emergency services personnel, as defined by Section 46.01.

https://codes.findlaw.com/tx/penal-code ... 46-01.html
(18) “Volunteer emergency services personnel” includes a volunteer firefighter, an emergency medical services volunteer as defined by Section 773.003, Health and Safety Code , and any individual who, as a volunteer, provides services for the benefit of the general public during emergency situations.

Thank you for posting the text so everybody can see the law clearly says any individual who... not a member of a formal volunteer emergency services organization of some sort who... despite what some people think.

I hope you never have that theory tested.

[CrimsonSoul]

Reported favorably as substituted, anyone have the new text?

[CrimsonSoul]

oooh I think I like this one! As an RN, I am already required to have CPR cert so I think it will help more healthcare professionals obtain and maintain their LTC!

The committee substitute now excludes you from having your license fees waived because you're required to have a CPR cert for your job

[ELB]

The committee substitute now excludes you from having your license fees waived because you're required to have a CPR cert for your job

Hmm. I wonder:

- Does that apply to volunteer firefighters? My department requires (and pays for) each of us to take CPR training for medical providers. Is requiring a CPR cert a "condition of employment" if the "employment" is as a volunteer firefighter who receives no pay?

- The waiver on fees also does not apply if you have an occupational license that requires you to have a CPR certification. Volunteer Fire Department EMTs are required to have a state license -- so are they not eligible for the fee waiver?

[CrimsonSoul]

On the calander for 4/17/19