Tex. Health & Safety Code § 774.001 · Chapter 774. LOCAL PROVISION OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES
MUTUAL ASSISTANCE AMONG MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES IN PROVIDING EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) On request, a county shall provide emergency medical services for a municipality within that county or for a county bordering that county if:
(1) an agreement has been executed between the county and the requesting municipality or county;
(2) an emergency exists in the requesting municipality or county;
(3) the requesting municipality or county is temporarily unable to provide its own emergency medical services;
(4) the request is for services that the county receiving the request provides or contracts to provide for persons within its jurisdiction; and
(5) the county providing the services will be able to provide reasonable protection to persons within its jurisdiction while providing services for the requesting municipality or county.
(b) On request, a municipality shall provide emergency medical services for the county in which that municipality is located or for a municipality located within 30 miles of that municipality if:
(1) an agreement has been executed between the municipality and the requesting municipality or county;
(2) an emergency exists in the requesting municipality or county;
(3) the requesting municipality or county is temporarily unable to provide its own emergency medical services;
(4) the request is for services that the municipality receiving the request provides or contracts to provide for persons within its jurisdiction; and
(5) the municipality providing the services will be able to provide reasonable protection to persons within its jurisdiction while providing services for the requesting municipality or county.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.774.htm
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- sha256 0bb1cbed59574f69ff7d221210111027d61b6b6588df3b271090898a3b78ae74
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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