Enrolled Bill Summary

Senate Bill 388 authorizes the Texas Department of Health and the Advisory Commission on State Emergency Communications to jointly adopt rules permitting a poison control center to provide services for a health and human services region served by another poison control center. On approval by and in coordination with the governor, the agencies are further authorized to enter into a contract and charge a fee to provide poison control services to individuals in another state or country, provided that the contract would not result in a diminution of services provided within the region served by a poison control center.