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1	2		By: Lucio S.B. No. 1681
2		-	(In the Senate - Filed March 9, 2017; April 26, 2017, read
3		-	first time and referred to Committee on Health & Human Services;
4		-	April 26, 2017, rereferred to Committee on Intergovernmental
5		-	Relations; May 3, 2017, reported adversely, with favorable
6		-	Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 4, Nays 2;
7		-	May 3, 2017, sent to printer.)
8		-	Click here to see the committee vote
9		-	COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1681 By: Campbell
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12	5		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
13	6		AN ACT
14	7		relating to the establishment of the Communicable Disease and
15	8		Public Health Center.
16	9		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
17	10		SECTION 1. The purpose of this Act is to:
18	11		(1) address the communicable disease and public health
19	12		challenges of the international border region;
20	13		(2) develop a unified message that will enable this
21	14		state to:
22	15		(A) maximize the use of local resources;
23	16		(B) increase efficiency and reduce duplication
24	17		of staff resources; and
25	18		(C) strengthen collaboration with local
26	19		governmental entities; and
27	20		(3) foster a greater local and regional capacity to
28	21		address the diseases and allow the border region and this state to
29	22		capitalize on the expertise and insight of local health
30	23		professionals and departments to better serve the border
31	24		communities and region and this state.
32	25		SECTION 2. Chapter 81, Health and Safety Code, is amended by
33	26		adding Subchapter K to read as follows:
34	27		SUBCHAPTER K. COMMUNICABLE DISEASE AND PUBLIC HEALTH CENTER
35	28		Sec. 81.451. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "center"
36	29		means the Communicable Disease and Public Health Center established
37	30		under this subchapter.
38	31		Sec. 81.452. MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING TO ESTABLISH
39		-	CENTER. The department ~~may~~ enter into a memorandum of
	32	+	CENTER. The department shall enter into a memorandum of
40	33		understanding with a county located on an international border that
41	34		has a population of at least 700,000 and that has as its county seat
42	35		a municipality with a population of less than 100,000 to establish
43	36		and jointly operate a Communicable Disease and Public Health
44	37		Center.
45	38		Sec. 81.453. DONATION OF LAND. The governing body of a
46		-	county described by Section 81.452, or a municipality, institution
47		-	of higher education, community organization, or health care
48		-	provider in that county, may donate real property to the department
49		-	for the center. The donation may be in fee simple or otherwise.
50		-	Sec. 81.454. ASSISTANCE FROM CERTAIN ENTITIES. The local
	39	+	county described by Section 81.452, or a municipality in that
	40	+	county, may donate real property to the department for the center.
	41	+	The donation may be in fee simple or otherwise.
	42	+	Sec. 81.454. ASSISTANCE FROM MUNICIPALITY. The local
51	43		health department of a county that enters into a memorandum of
52	44		understanding under Section 81.452 may seek the assistance of a
53		-	municipality, institution of higher education, community
54		-	organization, or health care provider in the local health
55		-	department's jurisdiction to establish and operate the center.
	45	+	municipality in the local health department's jurisdiction to
	46	+	establish and operate the center.
56	47		Sec. 81.455. COMMUNICABLE DISEASE AND PUBLIC HEALTH CENTER.
57		-	(a) The governing body of a county described by Section 81.452 may
58		-	enter into an agreement with a municipality, institution of higher
59		-	education, community organization, or health care provider in that
60		-	county to:
	48	+	(a) The center shall:
61	49		(1) provide a central repository of vector control
62	50		resources for municipalities in a county described by Section
63	51		81.452 and counties adjacent to that county;
64	52		(2) develop local surveillance, outreach, and
65	53		response campaigns to address communicable disease and potential
66	54		vectors of communicable disease;
67	55		(3) provide local, regional, and international
68	56		health-related briefings;
69	57		(4) cooperate with local, regional, state, and
70	58		international officials to:
71	59		(A) increase environmental awareness to reduce
72	60		sources for vector development; and
73	61		(B) develop recommendations for implementing
74	62		nuisance abatement policies;
75	63		(5) with the assistance of appropriate authorities,
76		-	facilitate any necessary method of vector control, including
77		-	trapping, adulticiding, and larviciding of vector populations
78		-	along the international border;
	64	+	facilitate trapping, adulticiding, and larviciding of vector
	65	+	populations along the international border;
79	66		(6) provide to health care professionals current
80	67		information, including health advisories and guidance with
81	68		communicable disease case management, regarding communicable
82	69		disease and potential vectors of communicable disease;
83		-	(7) in cooperation with ~~state,~~ federal, and
84		-	~~international~~ partners, educate and provide health care screenings
85		-	~~to populations~~ at high risk of contracting a communicable disease
86		-	~~that are~~ traditionally difficult to contact, including individuals
87		-	~~not~~ lawfully present in the United States; and
88		-	(8) facilitate information sharing between local ~~and~~
89		-	~~state~~ entities.
	70	+	(7) in cooperation with federal and international
	71	+	partners, educate and provide health care screenings to populations
	72	+	at high risk of contracting a communicable disease that are
	73	+	traditionally difficult to contact, including individuals not
	74	+	lawfully present in the United States; and
	75	+	(8) facilitate information sharing between local
	76	+	entities.
90	77		(b) A local campaign developed under Subsection (a)(2) must
91	78		be in both English and Spanish.
92	79		(c) The center may serve as a call center for concerns
93	80		regarding communicable disease and public health along the
94	81		international border.
95		-	(d) A local health department in each county ~~immediately~~
96		-	~~adjacent to an~~ international border shall report to the center
97		-	~~information~~ regarding:
	82	+	(d) A local health department in each county adjacent to an
	83	+	international border shall report to the center information
	84	+	regarding:
98	85		(1) incidents of communicable disease in the county;
99	86		(2) public health challenges in the county; and
100	87		(3) any other public health or communicable disease
101	88		issue, as required by the department.
102	89		(e) The local health department of a county that enters into
103	90		a memorandum of understanding under Section 81.452 shall:
104	91		(1) collaborate with the local health department of
105	92		each adjoining county; and
106	93		(2) meet with a representative of each local health
107		-	department described by Subdivision (1) to discuss ~~the health~~
108		-	status of each county and address the occurrence and ~~control of~~
109		-	communicable disease in each county.
	94	+	department described by Subdivision (1) at least monthly to discuss
	95	+	the health status of each county and address the occurrence and
	96	+	control of communicable disease in each county.
110	97		SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
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