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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the authority of the Department of State Health |
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Services to admit certain nonresident tuberculosis patients to a |
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state chest hospital. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 13.046, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended by adding Subsections (c) and (d) to read as follows: |
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(c) The commissioner may admit a person to a state chest |
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hospital if: |
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(1) the person is in the custody of United States |
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or other appropriate federal |
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agency, pending completion of deportation or political asylum |
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proceedings or has been released from custody pending completion of |
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the proceedings; and |
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(2) the commissioner determines the person is a |
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tuberculosis patient. |
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(d) If the commissioner admits a tuberculosis patient under |
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Subsection (c), the department shall attempt to recover from the |
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appropriate federal agency the costs associated with the treatment |
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of the patient. |
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SECTION 2. 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, 2013. |