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Senate Bill 1574 |
Senate Author: Uresti et al. |
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Effective: 9-1-15 |
House Sponsor: Martinez |
Senate Bill 1574 amends Code of Criminal Procedure, Government Code, and Health and Safety Code provisions relating to emergency response employees and volunteers who have been or have potentially been exposed to certain diseases or parasites. Among other things, the bill requires the Department of State Health Services to provide an equal opportunity to request a waiver of the foreign county residence requirement for certain individuals who agree to practice medicine in specified areas, requires an entity that employs or uses the services of an emergency response employee or volunteer to nominate a designated infection control officer and an alternate officer, and revises testing and reporting requirements following the exposure or potential exposure of an emergency response employee or volunteer to certain diseases.