Bill Text: TX HB2093 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to cardiopulmonary resuscitation certification requirements for certain food service establishment employees.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-24 - Filed [HB2093 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-HB2093-Introduced.html
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| By: Martinez | H.B. No. 2093 | |
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| relating to cardiopulmonary resuscitation certification | ||
| requirements for certain food service establishment employees. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 438, Health and Safety Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Subchapter E to read as follows: | ||
| SUBCHAPTER E. CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION CERTIFICATION FOR | ||
| CERTAIN FOOD SERVICE EMPLOYEES | ||
| Sec. 438.051. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "food | ||
| service establishment" has the meaning assigned by Section 437.001. | ||
| Sec. 438.052. APPLICABILITY. This subchapter applies only | ||
| to a food service establishment with a space designed for food | ||
| consumption on the premises of the establishment. | ||
| Sec. 438.053. CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION CERTIFICATION. | ||
| A food service establishment may require each establishment | ||
| employee whose position requires regular interaction with | ||
| customers consuming food on the establishment's premises to hold a | ||
| certification in cardiopulmonary resuscitation issued by the | ||
| American Heart Association, the American Red Cross, or a similar | ||
| nationally recognized association. The establishment is not | ||
| required to reimburse an employee for the cost of obtaining the | ||
| certification. | ||
| Sec. 438.054. CIVIL LIABILITY. (a) A food service | ||
| establishment or an owner, employee, or agent of a food service | ||
| establishment is not liable for civil damages resulting from the | ||
| use of, attempted use of, or failure to use cardiopulmonary | ||
| resuscitation unless the use of, attempted use of, or failure to use | ||
| cardiopulmonary resuscitation is intentional or wilfully or | ||
| wantonly negligent. | ||
| (b) The immunity provided by this section is in addition to | ||
| any other immunity provided by law. | ||
| (c) Whether a person described by Subsection (a) holds a | ||
| certification in or has received training in cardiopulmonary | ||
| resuscitation does not affect the person's immunity from liability | ||
| under this section. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. | ||
