By: Deuell S.B. No. 807
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the authority of the Department of State Health
Services to admit certain nonresident tuberculosis patients to a
state chest hospital.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 13.046, Health and Safety Code, is
amended by adding Subsections (c) and (d) to read as follows:
(c) The commissioner may admit a person to a state chest
hospital if:
(1) the person is in the custody of United States
Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or other appropriate federal
agency, pending completion of deportation or political asylum
proceedings or has been released from custody pending completion of
the proceedings; and
(2) the commissioner determines the person is a
tuberculosis patient.
(d) If the commissioner admits a tuberculosis patient under
Subsection (c), the department shall attempt to recover from the
appropriate federal agency the costs associated with the treatment
of the patient.
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, 2013.