87R11540 EAS-D
By: Lucio III H.B. No. 3739
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to outreach campaigns conducted by the Department of State
Health Services during certain public health disasters.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 81, Health and Safety
Code, is amended by adding Section 81.025 to read as follows:
Sec. 81.025. OUTREACH CAMPAIGN DURING CERTAIN PUBLIC HEALTH
DISASTERS. (a) In this section, "pandemic disease" means a
communicable disease that spreads to a significant portion of the
population of a country, multiple countries, or the world and that
poses a substantial risk of a significant number of human
fatalities, illnesses, or permanent long-term disabilities.
(b) During a declared public health disaster for a pandemic
disease, the department shall conduct an outreach campaign to
disseminate information on:
(1) the availability of viral testing, treatment, and
vaccines to individuals who are uninsured; and
(2) the accessibility of the testing, treatment, and
vaccines to individuals regardless of their immigration status.
(c) The department shall make the information described by
Subsection (b) available on the department's Internet website.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.