87R4669 MCF-F
By: Schwertner S.B. No. 1337
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the authority of an emergency services district to
provide public health services; authorizing a fee.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 775, Health and Safety
Code, is amended by adding Section 775.0311 to read as follows:
Sec. 775.0311. PUBLIC HEALTH. (a) A district may provide
public health services, as defined by Section 121.006(d), contract
with the state or a local government, as provided by Section
775.0366, to provide those services, and charge a reasonable fee
for performing those services for or on behalf of a person or
entity, as provided by Section 775.040.
(b) A reference in this chapter to the district providing
emergency services includes public health services.
(c) A district may make necessary improvements and adopt
rules and regulations for the purposes of this section.
SECTION 2. 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, 2021.