Commissioner Joseph Schmider
Commission Executive Committee Immediate Past Chair; Director (TX)
State of TexasOffice of EMS/Trauma System Coordination
Austin, TX 78714-9347
Phone: 512-484-5470
The EMS Compact Is State Law
TX Health & Safety Code § 778A.001: Emergency Medical Services Personnel Licensure Interstate Compact (REPLICA).
Read the state law here.
About Texas’s EMS System
EMS Compact Legislation
In Texas, the REPLICA legislation was signed into law on September 1, 2015, making Texas the second state to enact the EMS Compact.
National EMS Coordinated Database Status
- ✅ Texas is fully integrated with NEMSCD
Current Commissioner Appointment
Commissioner Joseph Schmider was seated to the Interstate Commission for EMS Personnel Practice at the inaugural meeting on October 11, 2017, and served over five years as the Commission’s first Chair. Commissioner Schmider remains a member of the Executive Committee as the Immediate Past Chair (non-voting).