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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to training materials for contact tracers and case |
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investigators for public health disasters and other public health |
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emergencies. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 81, Health and Safety |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 81.069 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 81.069. CONTACT TRACER AND CASE INVESTIGATOR TRAINING |
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MATERIALS. (a) In this section: |
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(1) "Contact tracing" means identifying individuals |
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who may have been exposed to an infected individual for the purpose |
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of containing the spread of a communicable disease by notifying |
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those individuals of the exposure and need for testing and |
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self-quarantine. |
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(2) "Infected individual" means an individual known or |
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reasonably suspected to be infected with a communicable disease. |
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(b) The department shall develop training materials for use |
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by health care providers in conducting contact tracing and case |
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investigation during a public health disaster or other public |
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health emergency related to a communicable disease. The department |
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shall post the training materials on the department's Internet |
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website. |
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SECTION 2. As soon as practicable, the Department of State |
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Health Services shall develop the training materials required by |
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Section 81.069, Health and Safety 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, 2021. |