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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the authority of an emergency services district to |
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| 8 | 8 | | provide public health services; authorizing a fee. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 775, Health and Safety |
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| 11 | 11 | | Code, is amended by adding Section 775.0311 to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 775.0311. PUBLIC HEALTH. (a) A district may provide |
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| 13 | 13 | | public health services, as defined by Section 121.006(d), contract |
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| 14 | 14 | | with the state or a local government, as provided by Section |
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| 15 | 15 | | 775.0366, to provide those services, and charge a reasonable fee |
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| 16 | 16 | | for performing those services for or on behalf of a person or |
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| 17 | 17 | | entity, as provided by Section 775.040. |
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| 18 | 18 | | (b) A reference in this chapter to the district providing |
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| 19 | 19 | | emergency services includes public health services. |
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| 20 | 20 | | (c) A district may make necessary improvements and adopt |
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| 21 | 21 | | rules and regulations for the purposes of this section. |
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| 22 | 22 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 23 | 23 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 24 | 24 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 25 | 25 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 26 | 26 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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