Bill Text: TX HB1809 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to annual testing of certain child-care facility employees for tuberculosis.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-09 - Referred to Public Health [HB1809 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-HB1809-Introduced.html

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85R5917 DMS-D
By: Israel H.B. No. 1809

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to annual testing of certain child-care facility employees
for tuberculosis.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 42, Human Resources Code,
is amended by adding Section 42.04306 to read as follows:
Sec. 42.04306. TUBERCULOSIS SCREENING FOR CHILD-CARE
FACILITY EMPLOYEES. The department shall require each child-care
facility employee who provides services to at least one child under
four years of age to annually undergo a screening test for
tuberculosis.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.