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| 1 | 1 | 87R1639 SCL-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Miles S.B. No. 79 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to a report by a school authority of a communicable disease | |
| 8 | 8 | during a declared state of disaster. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 81, Health and Safety | |
| 11 | 11 | Code, is amended by adding Section 81.0425 to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | Sec. 81.0425. SCHOOL AUTHORITY REPORT DURING DECLARED | |
| 13 | 13 | DISASTER. A school authority shall report to the department and the | |
| 14 | 14 | Texas Education Agency if a child attending school or an employee or | |
| 15 | 15 | volunteer at the school provides notice to the authority that the | |
| 16 | 16 | individual is infected with a communicable disease for which the | |
| 17 | 17 | governor has declared a state of disaster under Section 418.014, | |
| 18 | 18 | Government Code. | |
| 19 | 19 | SECTION 2. Section 81.0425, Health and Safety Code, as | |
| 20 | 20 | added by this Act, applies only to notice provided to a school | |
| 21 | 21 | authority on or after the effective date of this Act. | |
| 22 | 22 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 23 | 23 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 24 | 24 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 25 | 25 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 26 | 26 | Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |