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1	1	81R10239 ALB-D
2	2	By: Rios Ybarra, Anderson, Gonzales, Hunter, H.B. No. 1948
3	3	Martinez
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6	6	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
7	7	AN ACT
8	8	relating to a public health extension service pilot program.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Subtitle F, Title 2, Health and Safety Code, is
11	11	amended by adding Chapter 123 to read as follows:
12	12	CHAPTER 123. PUBLIC HEALTH EXTENSION SERVICE
13	13	PILOT PROGRAM
14	14	Sec. 123.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
15	15	(1) "Department" means the Department of State Health
16	16	Services.
17	17	(2) "Executive commissioner" means the executive
18	18	commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission.
19	19	(3) "Program" means the public health extension
20	20	service pilot program established under this chapter.
21	21	Sec. 123.002. PROGRAM ESTABLISHED; PURPOSES. The
22	22	department shall establish a public health extension service pilot
23	23	program in Health Service Region 11, a region of the state that may
24	24	be particularly vulnerable to biosecurity threats, disaster, and
25	25	other emergencies. The purpose of the program is to:
26	26	(1) support local public health and medical
27	27	infrastructure and promote:
28	28	(A) disease control and medical preparedness;
29	29	and
30	30	(B) biosecurity and the detection of the
31	31	introduction of dangerous biologic agents, enhanced availability
32	32	of environmental and toxicologic pathology services, and
33	33	management of hazardous materials; and
34	34	(2) evaluate the effectiveness of a public health
35	35	extension service program for regions of the state that may be
36	36	particularly vulnerable to biosecurity threats, disaster, and
37	37	other emergencies.
38	38	Sec. 123.003. RULES. The executive commissioner may adopt
39	39	rules for the implementation and administration of the program.
40	40	Sec. 123.004. PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION. The department may
41	41	contract with The Texas A&M University System or The University of
42	42	Texas System, or both systems, to implement or administer all or any
43	43	part of the program.
44	44	Sec. 123.005. PROGRAM OBJECTIVES. Through the program, the
45	45	department may implement projects and systems to accomplish the
46	46	purposes of the program described by Section 123.002, and may:
47	47	(1) provide support for regional disaster medical
48	48	assistance teams and tactical medical operations incident
49	49	management teams;
50	50	(2) establish a disaster training and exercise
51	51	program;
52	52	(3) establish and equip caches to ensure local
53	53	availability of necessary medical supplies and equipment for use in
54	54	disasters and other emergencies;
55	55	(4) establish a regionally based system of emergency
56	56	medical logistics management to support state and federal emergency
57	57	management authorities that includes:
58	58	(A) local patient triage sites; and
59	59	(B) local emergency medical operations; and
60	60	(5) establish a regionally based system to provide
61	61	technical assistance for disaster mitigation and recovery.
62	62	Sec. 123.006. REPORT. Not later than December 1, 2010, the
63	63	department shall report to the governor, lieutenant governor, and
64	64	speaker of the house of representatives on the program. The report
65	65	shall include recommendations for continuation of the program and
66	66	expansion of the program to other regions of the state that may be
67	67	particularly vulnerable to biosecurity threats, disaster, and
68	68	other emergencies.
69	69	Sec. 123.007. EXPIRATION. This chapter expires and the
70	70	program is abolished September 2, 2011.
71	71	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
72	72	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
73	73	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
74	74	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
75	75	Act takes effect September 1, 2009.