Bill Text: TX HB881 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to the duration of laboratory support for testing of vector-borne infectious diseases in border counties.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-05-12 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB881 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB881-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to the duration of laboratory support for testing of vector-borne infectious diseases in border counties.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-05-12 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB881 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB881-Introduced.html
87R3845 JG-D | ||
By: Guerra | H.B. No. 881 |
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relating to the duration of laboratory support for testing of | ||
vector-borne infectious diseases in border counties. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 12, Health and Safety | ||
Code, is amended by adding Section 12.074 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 12.074. YEAR-ROUND LABORATORY TESTING FOR | ||
VECTOR-BORNE INFECTIOUS DISEASES. The department shall provide | ||
year-round laboratory support for arboviral testing of | ||
vector-borne infectious diseases in counties adjacent to this | ||
state's international border with Mexico. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |