Bill Text: TX SB464 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Relating to reports on deaths from reportable and other communicable diseases to county health authorities and health departments.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2021-06-14 - Effective immediately [SB464 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-SB464-Engrossed.html

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By: Lucio S.B. No. 464

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to reports on deaths from reportable and other
communicable diseases to county health authorities and health
departments.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 81.045, Health and Safety Code, is
amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
(d) If the department provides to a health authority, who
serves in that office part-time as described by Section 121.0245,
information on a death from a reportable or other communicable
disease reported to the department under this section, the
department shall also provide the information to the director of
the local health department for the county served by the health
authority.
SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 121, Health and Safety
Code, is amended by adding Section 121.0245 to read as follows:
Sec. 121.0245. DUTIES OF PART-TIME HEALTH AUTHORITY. (a)
If a physician appointed to serve as health authority for a county
serves in that office part-time, the physician may:
(1) coordinate with the director of the local health
department for the county in the performance of the duties imposed
by Section 121.024(c)(3); and
(2) notify the department that the physician serves
part-time in the office of health authority for the county.
(b) If the department provides information to a physician
who serves part-time as health authority for a county, the
department shall also provide the information to the director of
the local health department for the county.
SECTION 3. 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.