87R3844 EAS-D
 
  By: Guerra H.B. No. 784
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to a local agreement with the Department of State Health
  Services to improve laboratory capabilities in border counties.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter F, Chapter 12, Health and Safety
  Code, is amended by adding Section 12.073 to read as follows:
         Sec. 12.073.  LOCAL AGREEMENT. The department shall enter
  into an agreement with an institution of higher education as
  defined by Section 61.003, Education Code, located in Cameron or
  Hidalgo County to increase the availability of laboratory services
  in counties adjacent to this state's international border with
  Mexico.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.