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| 1 | 1 | 87R3845 JG-D | |
| 2 | - | By: Guerra | |
| 2 | + | By: Guerra H.B. No. 881 | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the duration of laboratory support for testing of | |
| 8 | 8 | vector-borne infectious diseases in border counties. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 12, Health and Safety | |
| 11 | 11 | Code, is amended by adding Section 12.074 to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | Sec. 12.074. YEAR-ROUND LABORATORY TESTING FOR | |
| 13 | 13 | VECTOR-BORNE INFECTIOUS DISEASES. The department shall provide | |
| 14 | 14 | year-round laboratory support for arboviral testing of | |
| 15 | 15 | vector-borne infectious diseases in counties adjacent to this | |
| 16 | 16 | state's international border with Mexico. | |
| 17 | 17 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |