79R2153 DAK-D

By:  Nixon                                                        H.B. No. 738



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to updating citations to Chapter 74, Civil Practice and 
Remedies Code, in Chapter 81, Health and Safety Code.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 81.048(b), Health and Safety Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	(b)  Notice of a positive test result for a reportable 
disease designated under Subsection (a) shall be given to an 
emergency medical service personnel, peace officer, or fire fighter 
as provided by this section if:
		(1)  the emergency medical service personnel, peace 
officer, or fire fighter delivered a person to a hospital as defined 
by Section 74.001, Civil Practice and Remedies Code [1.03, Medical 
Liability and Insurance Improvement Act of Texas (Article 4590i, 
Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes)];
		(2)  the hospital has knowledge that the person has a 
reportable disease and has medical reason to believe that the 
person had the disease when the person was admitted to the hospital; 
and
		(3)  the emergency medical service personnel, peace 
officer, or fire fighter was exposed to the reportable disease 
during the course of duty.
	SECTION 2.  This Act applies only to an act occurring on or 
after the effective date of this Act.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.