86R12898 SCL-D
By: Lucio S.B. No. 1110
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to communicable disease prevention for federal
immigration detention facilities located near an international
border.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. The heading to Subchapter F, Chapter 12, Health
and Safety Code, is amended to read as follows:
SUBCHAPTER F. [OFFICE OF] BORDER HEALTH
SECTION 2. Subchapter F, Chapter 12, Health and Safety
Code, is amended by adding Section 12.075 to read as follows:
Sec. 12.075. COMMUNICABLE DISEASE PREVENTION FOR FEDERAL
IMMIGRATION DETENTION FACILITY AND SURROUNDING AREA. (a) In this
section, "federal immigration detention facility" means a facility
that is operated by or under contract with United States
Immigration and Customs Enforcement to enforce federal immigration
laws and that detains immigrants.
(b) The department, in consultation and collaboration with
the Office of State-Federal Relations, the secretary of state, and
the attorney general, shall seek to enter into a memorandum of
understanding or other agreement with the appropriate federal
agencies or federal contractors operating federal immigration
detention facilities located in a county along the international
border with Mexico.
(c) The memorandum of understanding or agreement entered
into under Subsection (b) must:
(1) establish appropriate protocols and procedures to
prevent the spread of communicable disease;
(2) require notice to a local or county health
authority of a public health condition that may become a public
health risk for the area surrounding a federal immigration
detention facility if left untreated; and
(3) authorize the department to establish a state
program in collaboration with the appropriate federal agencies or
contractors to mitigate the public health risks related to federal
immigration detention facilities.
(d) If authorized by the memorandum of understanding or
agreement entered into under Subsection (b), the department may
establish and operate a program to prevent the spread of
communicable disease from a federal immigration detention
facility.
SECTION 3. 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, 2019.