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Enrolled Bill Summary

Enrolled Bill Summary

Legislative Session: 79(R)

Senate Bill 665

Senate Author:  Barrientos

Effective:  9-1-05

House Sponsor:  Naishtat


            Senate Bill 665 amends the Health and Safety Code to authorize an employee, contractor, or volunteer who performs a service in certain correctional facilities or a detention facility to request that the Department of State Health Services or a health authority order testing of another person who may have exposed the person to a reportable disease.