| 1 | 1 | | 86R7978 EAS-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Huffman S.B. No. 829 |
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| 4 | 4 | | |
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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 disease prevention and preparedness information for |
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| 8 | 8 | | emergency medical services personnel on certification or |
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| 9 | 9 | | recertification. |
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| 10 | 10 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 11 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 773, Health and Safety |
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| 12 | 12 | | Code, is amended by adding Section 773.0551 to read as follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | Sec. 773.0551. DISEASE PREVENTION AND PREPAREDNESS |
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| 14 | 14 | | INFORMATION ON CERTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES |
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| 15 | 15 | | PERSONNEL. (a) In this section: |
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| 16 | 16 | | (1) "Applicant" means an individual who files an |
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| 17 | 17 | | application for certification or recertification as emergency |
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| 18 | 18 | | medical services personnel under Section 773.055. |
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| 19 | 19 | | (2) "Immunization registry" means the immunization |
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| 20 | 20 | | registry established under Section 161.007. |
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| 21 | 21 | | (b) The executive commissioner by rule shall adopt a system |
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| 22 | 22 | | under which the Health and Human Services Commission provides an |
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| 23 | 23 | | applicant immunization information. The system must require the |
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| 24 | 24 | | commission to provide: |
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| 25 | 25 | | (1) if the applicant's immunization history is |
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| 26 | 26 | | included in the immunization registry, written notice of the |
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| 27 | 27 | | applicant's immunization history, using information from the |
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| 28 | 28 | | immunization registry; or |
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| 29 | 29 | | (2) if the applicant's immunization history is not |
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| 30 | 30 | | included in the immunization registry, the following information: |
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| 31 | 31 | | (A) details about the program developed under |
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| 32 | 32 | | Section 161.00707; and |
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| 33 | 33 | | (B) the specific risks to emergency medical |
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| 34 | 34 | | services personnel when responding rapidly to an emergency of |
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| 35 | 35 | | exposure to and infection by a potentially serious or deadly |
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| 36 | 36 | | communicable disease that an immunization may prevent. |
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| 37 | 37 | | SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date |
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| 38 | 38 | | of this Act, the executive commissioner of the Health and Human |
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| 39 | 39 | | Services Commission shall adopt rules necessary to implement |
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| 40 | 40 | | Section 773.0551, Health and Safety Code, as added by this Act. |
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| 41 | 41 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 42 | 42 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 43 | 43 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 44 | 44 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 45 | 45 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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