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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the establishment of a disaster and emergency education |
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program. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter H, Chapter 418, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 418.186 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 418.186. DISASTER AND EMERGENCY EDUCATION. (a) The |
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Department of State Health Services shall establish a program |
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designed to educate the citizens of this state on disaster and |
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emergency preparedness, response, and recovery. The program must |
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address: |
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(1) types of disasters or other emergencies; |
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(2) the appropriate response to each type of disaster |
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or emergency, including options for evacuation and shelter; |
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(3) how to prepare for each type of disaster or |
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emergency; |
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(4) the impact of each type of disaster or emergency on |
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citizens requiring medical assistance or other care; |
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(5) ways to respond in a disaster or emergency or to |
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assist the victims of a disaster or emergency; and |
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(6) resources and supplies for disaster or emergency |
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recovery. |
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(b) The executive commissioner of the Health and Human |
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Services Commission, in cooperation with the governor, shall adopt |
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rules to create and administer a disaster and emergency education |
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program established under this section. |
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SECTION 2. As soon as possible after the effective date of |
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this Act, but not later than January 1, 2010, the executive |
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commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission, in |
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cooperation with the governor, shall adopt rules to create and |
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administer a disaster and emergency education program established |
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under Section 418.186, Government Code, as added by this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |