Bill Text: TX SB807 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to the authority of the Department of State Health Services to admit certain nonresident tuberculosis patients to a state chest hospital.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2013-05-21 - Placed on General State Calendar [SB807 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SB807-Engrossed.html
| By: Deuell | S.B. No. 807 | |
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| relating to the authority of the Department of State Health | ||
| Services to admit certain nonresident tuberculosis patients to a | ||
| state chest hospital. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 13.046, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Subsections (c) and (d) to read as follows: | ||
| (c) The commissioner may admit a person to a state chest | ||
| hospital if: | ||
| (1) the person is in the custody of United States | ||
| Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or other appropriate federal | ||
| agency, pending completion of deportation or political asylum | ||
| proceedings or has been released from custody pending completion of | ||
| the proceedings; and | ||
| (2) the commissioner determines the person is a | ||
| tuberculosis patient. | ||
| (d) If the commissioner admits a tuberculosis patient under | ||
| Subsection (c), the department shall attempt to recover from the | ||
| appropriate federal agency the costs associated with the treatment | ||
| of the patient. | ||
| 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, 2013. | ||
