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AN ACT
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relating to reports on deaths from reportable and other |
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communicable diseases to county health authorities and health |
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departments. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 81.045, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: |
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(d) If the department provides to a health authority, who |
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serves in that office part-time as described by Section 121.0245, |
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information on a death from a reportable or other communicable |
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disease reported to the department under this section, the |
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department shall also provide the information to the director of |
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the local health department for the county served by the health |
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authority. |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 121, Health and Safety |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 121.0245 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 121.0245. DUTIES OF PART-TIME HEALTH AUTHORITY. (a) |
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If a physician appointed to serve as health authority for a county |
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serves in that office part-time, the physician may: |
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(1) coordinate with the director of the local health |
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department for the county in the performance of the duties imposed |
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by Section 121.024(c)(3); and |
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(2) notify the department that the physician serves |
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part-time in the office of health authority for the county. |
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(b) If the department provides information to a physician |
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who serves part-time as health authority for a county, the |
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department shall also provide the information to the director of |
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the local health department for the county. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 464 passed the Senate on |
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April 7, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays 1. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 464 passed the House on |
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May 26, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 118, Nays 29, two |
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present not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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Approved: |
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Governor |