79S30083 MSE-D

By:  Van de Putte                                                 S.B. No. 22 



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to requiring the division of emergency management to 
coordinate the creation of certain medical and special needs 
shelters.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 418.043, Government Code, is amended to 
read as follows: 
	Sec. 418.043.  OTHER POWERS AND DUTIES.  The division shall:                   
		(1)  determine requirements of the state and its 
political subdivisions for food, clothing, and other necessities in 
event of a disaster;
		(2)  procure and position supplies, medicines, 
materials, and equipment;    
		(3)  adopt standards and requirements for local and 
interjurisdictional emergency management plans;
		(4)  periodically review local and interjurisdictional 
emergency management plans;
		(5)  coordinate deployment of mobile support units;                           
		(6)  establish and operate training programs and 
programs of public information or assist political subdivisions and 
emergency management agencies to establish and operate the 
programs;
		(7)  make surveys of public and private industries, 
resources, and facilities in the state that are necessary to carry 
out the purposes of this chapter;
		(8)  plan and make arrangements for the availability 
and use of any private facilities, services, and property and 
provide for payment for use under terms and conditions agreed on if 
the facilities are used and payment is necessary;
		(9)  establish a register of persons with types of 
training and skills important in disaster mitigation, 
preparedness, response, and recovery;
		(10)  establish a register of mobile and construction 
equipment and temporary housing available for use in a disaster;
		(11)  prepare, for issuance by the governor, executive 
orders and regulations necessary or appropriate in coping with 
disasters;
		(12)  cooperate with the federal government and any 
public or private agency or entity in achieving any purpose of this 
chapter and in implementing programs for disaster mitigation, 
preparation, response, and recovery; [and]
		(13)  plan and make arrangements for the availability 
and use of medical and dental units, as that term is defined by 
Section 61.003, Education Code, as shelters for use in a disaster 
for persons with medical or other special needs; and
		(14)  do other things necessary, incidental, or 
appropriate for the implementation of this chapter.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect September 1, 2006.