Bill Text: TX SB1337 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the authority of an emergency services district to provide public health services; authorizing a fee.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-18 - Referred to Local Government [SB1337 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB1337-Introduced.html
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| By: Schwertner | S.B. No. 1337 | |
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| 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. | ||
