Bill Text: TX HB1740 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the administration of rabies vaccine under a local rabies control program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-05-21 - Effective immediately [HB1740 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB1740-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 1740 | ||
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| relating to the administration of rabies vaccine under a local | ||
| rabies control program. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 826, Health and Safety | ||
| Code, is amended by adding Section 826.018 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 826.018. LOCAL RABIES CONTROL PROGRAMS. (a) This | ||
| section applies to a veterinarian who: | ||
| (1) is employed by a county or municipality; and | ||
| (2) administers or supervises the administration of | ||
| rabies vaccine as part of a local rabies control program | ||
| established by a county or municipality under this chapter. | ||
| (b) A veterinarian described by Subsection (a) is not | ||
| required to establish a veterinarian-client-patient relationship | ||
| before administering rabies vaccine or supervising the | ||
| administration of rabies vaccine. | ||
| (c) To the extent of any conflict between this section and | ||
| any other law or rule relating to the administration of rabies | ||
| vaccine, this section controls. | ||
| 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, 2015. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 1740 was passed by the House on April | ||
| 23, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 1740 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 9, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
