Texas § GV.424.153 - EMERGENCY RESPONSE MAP AND TOUR

§ GV.424.153. EMERGENCY RESPONSE MAP AND TOUR

EMERGENCY RESPONSE MAP AND TOUR. (a) Each critical infrastructure facility to which this subchapter applies shall provide to the division and appropriate public safety agencies: (1) an accurate emergency response map of the facility that is developed in accordance with the standards described by Subsection (b); and (2) an opportunity to tour the facility using the map described by Subdivision (1) to verify the map's accuracy. (b) An emergency response map must: (1) include: (A) an accurate floor plan overlaid on current, verified aerial imagery of the facility and its surrounding land and a site-specific label for each building of the facility; (B) a label for each: (i) room; (ii) named hallway; and (iii) external door or stairwell number; and (C) the location of each: (i) known hazard; (ii) critical utility; (iii) key box; (iv) automated external defibrillator; and (v) trauma kit; (2) conform to, integrate with, and be accessible by software used by the division, entities operating a local public safety answering point, or appropriate public safety agencies without imposing a fee or requiring the purchase of additional software to access the map and associated data; (3) be in a format capable of being printed, shared electronically, or integrated into an interactive software application; and (4) be in a format easily modified or updated. (c) A critical infrastructure facility to which this subchapter applies may only provide an emergency response map to the division and appropriate public safety agencies for purposes of developing a verified source of critical infrastructure mapping data in this state and ensuring efficient emergency response for the facility. (d) A critical infrastructure facility to which this subchapter applies may not provide or make available to the public an emergency response map. Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 655 (H.B. 4341 ), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2025.