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| 1 | 1 | By: Deuell, et al. S.B. No. 807 | |
| 2 | 2 | (Sheffield of Coryell) | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the authority of the Department of State Health | |
| 8 | 8 | Services to admit certain nonresident tuberculosis patients to a | |
| 9 | 9 | state chest hospital. | |
| 10 | 10 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 11 | 11 | SECTION 1. Section 13.046, Health and Safety Code, is | |
| 12 | 12 | amended by adding Subsections (c) and (d) to read as follows: | |
| 13 | 13 | (c) The commissioner may admit a person to a state chest | |
| 14 | 14 | hospital if: | |
| 15 | 15 | (1) the person is in the custody of United States | |
| 16 | 16 | Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or other appropriate federal | |
| 17 | 17 | agency, pending completion of deportation or political asylum | |
| 18 | 18 | proceedings or has been released from custody pending completion of | |
| 19 | 19 | the proceedings; and | |
| 20 | 20 | (2) the commissioner determines the person is a | |
| 21 | 21 | tuberculosis patient. | |
| 22 | 22 | (d) If the commissioner admits a tuberculosis patient under | |
| 23 | 23 | Subsection (c), the department shall attempt to recover from the | |
| 24 | 24 | appropriate federal agency the costs associated with the treatment | |
| 25 | 25 | of the patient. | |
| 26 | 26 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 27 | 27 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 28 | 28 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 29 | 29 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 30 | 30 | Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |