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Read. Follow. Verify.Texas requires fire departments to provide annual occupational medical exams for firefighters
Last action · March 14, 2025: Referred to Intergovernmental AffairsSponsors: Hernandez and 1 other
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What This Bill Proposed
Texas fire departments must offer free annual occupational medical exams to all employed firefighters starting February 1, 2027, unless they submit an alternative approved plan by that date. The exams must include blood and urine tests, s, s, infectious disease and cancer screenings, and a chest x-ray every five years. The Texas Commission on Fire Protection must adopt rules establishing minimum standards by January 1, 2027.
Establishes a statewide health-monitoring mandate for municipal and emergency fire personnel, placing administrative and financial responsibility on local fire departments to provide comprehensive medical screenings.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
fire fighters
Firefighters are offered free annual occupational medical examinations including specific diagnostic tests and screenings at no personal cost.
fire departments
Fire departments must provide free annual medical examinations to all employed firefighters or submit an alternative physician-endorsed plan by February 1 of each year.
Texas Commission on Fire Protection
The commission is required to adopt rules establishing minimum standards for the medical examinations using National Fire Protection Association standards by January 1, 2027.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Are firefighters required to pay for their annual medical examinations?
Can fire departments use their own custom medical examination plans instead of the standard exam?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.
Procedural history
3 actions- Mar 14, 2025HouseCommitteeReferred to Intergovernmental Affairs
- Mar 14, 2025HouseIntroducedRead first time
- Jan 22, 2025HouseIntroducedFiled
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 65)
- Controversy20Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz30Current news / social attention level
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