{"Emergency response team member":"An individual who provides critical incident stress management services or crisis response for emergency service providers, as directed by the state."}
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Law Number

Tex. Health & Safety Code 784.004

Summary Title

Liability: Emergency Response Team Member

Summary

An emergency response team member who provides critical incident stress management services or crisis response services will not be held legally responsible for their performance of services or the performance of services by their fellow team members. The emergency response team member can be held legally responsible for acting with extreme carelessness or with intent to cause harm.

Full Title

Limitation on Liability

Full Text

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), an emergency response team or an emergency response team member providing critical incident stress management services or crisis response services is not liable for damages, including personal injury, wrongful death, property damage, or other loss related to the team’s or member’s act, error, or omission in the performance of the services, unless the act, error, or omission constitutes wanton, wilful, or intentional misconduct. (b) Subsection (a) limits liability for damages in any civil action, other than an action under Chapter 74, Civil Practice and Remedies Code.

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