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HOUSE BILL 1748 |
HOUSE AUTHOR: Van de Putte et al. |
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EFFECTIVE: 5-28-99 |
SENATE SPONSOR: Madla |
House Bill 1748 requires the Texas Board of Health to contract for the renovation of existing facilities or the construction of new facilities for the Texas Center for Infectious Disease and includes specifications relating to the structure and design of the renovated or new facilities.
House Bill 1748 authorizes the board to contract with the board of regents of The University of Texas System or any other public or private health care entity to provide health care professionals who will provide tuberculosis health care services and communicable infectious disease health care services at the center or at another health care facility in proximity to the center.
The act requires the board to contract for the renovation of existing or construction of new facilities for the mycobacterial-mycology research laboratory located at the Texas Center for Infectious Disease or the construction of facilities by The University of Texas System for a mycobacterial-mycology research laboratory located at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio to replace the laboratory located at the Texas Center for Infectious Disease. It includes provisions relating to the transfer, reassignment, and early retirement options for employees.
The act authorizes the Texas Board of Health to contract with the board of regents of The University of Texas System for statewide coordination of medical management of tuberculosis by The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler. The act requires the Texas Department of Health, in cooperation with the office of the governor, to collaborate with the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service to develop a formal agreement for transportation of communicable disease patients through INS checkpoints to the Texas Center for Infectious Disease. The act requires the board of health to collaborate with the Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation and the General Services Commission to prepare for future uses of existing facilities if new facilities are constructed and sets September 1, 2000, as the deadline for required contracts.