By: Stephenson, Ramos, Reynolds H.B. No. 2148
        (Senate Sponsor - Kolkhorst)
         (In the Senate - Received from the House May 12, 2021;
  May 12, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on Water,
  Agriculture & Rural Affairs; May 19, 2021, reported adversely,
  with favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 9,
  Nays 0; May 19, 2021, sent to printer.)
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  COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 2148 By:  Kolkhorst
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to notification by the Department of State Health Services
  and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality of incidents of
  Naegleria fowleri.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter D, Chapter 341, Health and Safety
  Code, is amended by adding Section 341.0646 to read as follows:
         Sec. 341.0646.  NOTIFICATION OF INCIDENTS OF NAEGLERIA
  FOWLERI. As soon as possible after the department detects or
  becomes aware of human infection, including primary amebic
  meningoencephalitis, caused by the presence of the Naegleria
  fowleri amoeba in a swimming pool, a freshwater lake used for
  swimming, a public drinking water source, or a park with splashpads
  or other outdoor features using freshwater for amusement purposes,
  the department shall notify the Texas Commission on Environmental
  Quality. The commission shall notify the appropriate public water
  systems as soon as possible after receiving notice under this
  section.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
 
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