Bill Text: TX HB1983 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to statewide preparedness and long-term recovery strategies for certain issues arising from a pandemic or other disaster.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-15 - Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety [HB1983 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB1983-Introduced.html
87R5127 RDS-D | ||
By: Thierry | H.B. No. 1983 |
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relating to statewide preparedness and long-term recovery | ||
strategies for certain issues arising from a pandemic or other | ||
disaster. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 418.004(1), Government Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(1) "Disaster" means the occurrence or imminent threat | ||
of widespread or severe damage, injury, or loss of life or property | ||
resulting from any natural or man-made cause, including fire, | ||
flood, earthquake, wind, storm, wave action, oil spill or other | ||
water contamination, volcanic activity, pandemic, epidemic, air | ||
contamination, blight, drought, infestation, explosion, riot, | ||
hostile military or paramilitary action, extreme heat, | ||
cybersecurity event, other public calamity requiring emergency | ||
action, or energy emergency. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 418.054(g), Government Code, as added by | ||
Chapter 602 (S.B. 799), Acts of the 86th Legislature, Regular | ||
Session, 2019, is amended to read as follows: | ||
(g) The advisory council shall: | ||
(1) advise the division on policies, rules, and | ||
program operations to assist businesses in recovering from a | ||
disaster; | ||
(2) advise the division on the state resources and | ||
services needed to assist businesses in recovering from a | ||
catastrophic loss of electric power; [ |
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(3) propose solutions to address inefficiencies or | ||
problems in the state or local governmental disaster response with | ||
respect to impact on businesses and the economy; and | ||
(4) propose solutions to mitigate medical supply chain | ||
problems and nursing and physician staff shortages that may occur | ||
during a disaster. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 418.054, Government Code, as added by | ||
Chapters 576 (S.B. 289) and 1018 (H.B. 6), Acts of the 86th | ||
Legislature, Regular Session, 2019, is amended by adding Subsection | ||
(e) to read as follows: | ||
(e) The disaster recovery task force shall address | ||
long-term solutions to issues arising from a disaster that are | ||
specific to a pandemic or epidemic, including unemployment issues | ||
and rental policies and other housing issues. | ||
SECTION 4. To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails | ||
over another Act of the 87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021, | ||
relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted | ||
codes. | ||
SECTION 5. 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. |