| 1 | 1 | | 87R11540 EAS-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Lucio III H.B. No. 3739 |
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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 outreach campaigns conducted by the Department of State |
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| 8 | 8 | | Health Services during certain public health disasters. |
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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 B, Chapter 81, Health and Safety |
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| 11 | 11 | | Code, is amended by adding Section 81.025 to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 81.025. OUTREACH CAMPAIGN DURING CERTAIN PUBLIC HEALTH |
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| 13 | 13 | | DISASTERS. (a) In this section, "pandemic disease" means a |
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| 14 | 14 | | communicable disease that spreads to a significant portion of the |
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| 15 | 15 | | population of a country, multiple countries, or the world and that |
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| 16 | 16 | | poses a substantial risk of a significant number of human |
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| 17 | 17 | | fatalities, illnesses, or permanent long-term disabilities. |
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| 18 | 18 | | (b) During a declared public health disaster for a pandemic |
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| 19 | 19 | | disease, the department shall conduct an outreach campaign to |
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| 20 | 20 | | disseminate information on: |
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| 21 | 21 | | (1) the availability of viral testing, treatment, and |
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| 22 | 22 | | vaccines to individuals who are uninsured; and |
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| 23 | 23 | | (2) the accessibility of the testing, treatment, and |
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| 24 | 24 | | vaccines to individuals regardless of their immigration status. |
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| 25 | 25 | | (c) The department shall make the information described by |
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| 26 | 26 | | Subsection (b) available on the department's Internet website. |
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| 27 | 27 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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