H.B. No. 3005
AN ACT
relating to the mandatory testing of persons suspected of exposing
employees of a juvenile probation department to certain diseases.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 81.050(b), Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) A person whose occupation or whose volunteer service is
included in one or more of the following categories may request the
department or a health authority to order testing of another person
who may have exposed the person to a reportable disease, including
HIV infection:
(1) a law enforcement officer;
(2) a fire fighter;
(3) an emergency medical service employee or
paramedic;
(4) a correctional officer; [or]
(5) an employee, contractor, or volunteer, other than
a correctional officer, who performs a service in a correctional
facility as defined by Section 1.07, Penal Code, or a secure
correctional facility or secure detention facility as defined by
Section 51.02, Family Code; or
(6) an employee of a juvenile probation department.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to an exposure to a disease that occurs on or after the effective
date of this Act. An exposure to a disease that occurs before the
effective date of this Act is covered by the law in effect when the
exposure occurred, and the former law is continued in effect for
that purpose.
SECTION 3. 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, 2009.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 3005 was passed by the House on May 7,
2009, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 0, 2 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 3005 was passed by the Senate on May
26, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor