By Maxey H.B. No. 2389 75R3645 SKB-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the sale of laboratory services to certain persons by 1-3 the Texas Department of Health. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 12, Health and Safety Code, 1-6 is amended by adding Section 12.020 to read as follows: 1-7 Sec. 12.020. SALE OF LABORATORY SERVICES. The department 1-8 may enter into a contract with any person, including a governmental 1-9 entity, in or outside of this state, for the sale and provision of 1-10 laboratory services. The department by rule may set and collect 1-11 fees for the sale of laboratory services. 1-12 SECTION 2. The importance of this legislation and the 1-13 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-14 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-15 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-16 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, 1-17 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its 1-18 passage, and it is so enacted.