Texas 2021 - 87th Regular

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1		-	S.B. No. 984
	1	+	87R23804 KKR-D
	2	+	By: Schwertner, et al. S.B. No. 984
	3	+	(Klick)
	4	+	Substitute the following for S.B. No. 984: No.
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	7	+	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
4	8		AN ACT
5	9		relating to public health disaster and public health emergency
6	10		preparedness and response, including the operation of the Task
7	11		Force on Infectious Disease Preparedness and Response.
8	12		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
9	13		SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 81, Health and Safety
10	14		Code, is amended by adding Section 81.027 to read as follows:
11	15		Sec. 81.027. TRAUMA SERVICE AREA REGIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL
12	16		DATA COLLECTION AND REPORTING. (a) Each trauma service area
13	17		regional advisory council shall collect from each hospital located
14	18		in the regional advisory council's trauma service area the
15	19		de-identified health care data, including demographic data,
16	20		necessary for this state and the area to effectively plan for and
17	21		respond to public health disasters and communicable or infectious
18	22		disease emergencies in this state. The executive commissioner by
19	23		rule shall prescribe the data each council must collect under this
20	24		subsection.
21	25		(b) A trauma service area regional advisory council shall:
22	26		(1) provide the data collected under Subsection (a) to
23	27		the department; and
24	28		(2) make the data publicly available by:
25	29		(A) posting the data on the regional advisory
26	30		council's Internet website; or
27	31		(B) if the regional advisory council does not
28	32		maintain an Internet website, providing the data in writing on
29	33		request.
30	34		(c) Information collected or maintained under this section
31	35		that identifies a patient is confidential and exempt from
32	36		disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code.
33	37		SECTION 2. Section 81.404(a), Health and Safety Code, is
34	38		amended to read as follows:
35	39		(a) The governor may appoint members of the task force as
36	40		necessary, including members from relevant state agencies, members
37	41		with expertise in infectious diseases and other issues involved in
38	42		the prevention of the spread of infectious diseases, and members
39	43		from institutions of higher education in this state. The governor
40	44		shall appoint to the task force:
41	45		(1) at least one member who is a county judge of a
42	46		county with a population of less than 100,000;
43	47		(2) at least one member who is a county judge of a
44	48		county with a population of 100,000 or more;
45	49		(3) at least one member who is a representative of a
46	50		local health authority serving a rural area;
47	51		(4) at least one member who is a representative of a
48	52		local health authority serving an urban area;
49	53		(5) at least one member who is a licensed nurse; [and]
50	54		(6) at least one member who is emergency medical
51	55		services personnel, as defined by Section 773.003; and
52	56		(7) at least one member who is an epidemiologist.
53	57		SECTION 3. Section 81.406(a), Health and Safety Code, is
54	58		amended to read as follows:
55	59		(a) The task force shall meet:
56	60		(1) at least once each year at a location determined by
57	61		the task force director; and
58	62		(2) at other times and locations as determined by the
59	63		task force director [of the task force].
60	64		SECTION 4. Not later than January 1, 2022, the governor
61	65		shall appoint the member of the Task Force on Infectious Disease
62	66		Preparedness and Response as required by Section 81.404(a)(7),
63	67		Health and Safety Code, as added by this Act.
64	68		SECTION 5. The Department of State Health Services or a
65	69		trauma service area regional advisory council is required to
66	70		implement Section 81.027, Health and Safety Code, as added by this
67	71		Act, only if the legislature appropriates money specifically for
68	72		that purpose. If the legislature does not appropriate money
69	73		specifically for that purpose, the department or a trauma service
70	74		area regional advisory council may, but is not required to,
71	75		implement Section 81.027 using other appropriations available for
72	76		that purpose.
73	77		SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
74		-	______________________________ ______________________________
75		-	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
76		-	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 984 passed the Senate on
77		-	April 29, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that
78		-	the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 29, 2021, by the
79		-	following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
80		-	______________________________
81		-	Secretary of the Senate
82		-	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 984 passed the House, with
83		-	amendment, on May 26, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 144,
84		-	Nays 3, one present not voting.
85		-	______________________________
86		-	Chief Clerk of the House
87		-	Approved:
88		-	______________________________
89		-	Date
90		-	______________________________
91		-	Governor