85R5917 DMS-D
By: Israel H.B. No. 1809
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to annual testing of certain child-care facility employees
for tuberculosis.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 42, Human Resources Code,
is amended by adding Section 42.04306 to read as follows:
Sec. 42.04306. TUBERCULOSIS SCREENING FOR CHILD-CARE
FACILITY EMPLOYEES. The department shall require each child-care
facility employee who provides services to at least one child under
four years of age to annually undergo a screening test for
tuberculosis.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.