79R208 JTS-D

By:  McCall                                                       H.B. No. 162



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to notifying certain providers of emergency care of 
possible exposure to certain reportable diseases.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 81.048, Health and Safety Code, is 
amended by adding Subsection (g) to read as follows:
	(g)  A hospital that gives notice of a possible exposure 
under Subsection (c) or a local health authority that receives 
notice of a possible exposure under Subsection (c) shall give 
notice of the possible exposure to a person other than emergency 
medical personnel, a peace officer, or a fire fighter if the person 
demonstrates that the person was exposed to the reportable disease 
while providing emergency care. The board shall adopt rules to 
implement this subsection.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.