Bill Text: TX HB4816 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the prohibited requirement of a rabies report on or quarantine of certain domesticated dogs, cats, and ferrets.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-23 - Referred to Public Health [HB4816 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB4816-Introduced.html
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| By: Shaheen | H.B. No. 4816 | |
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| relating to the prohibited requirement of a rabies report on or | ||
| quarantine of certain domesticated dogs, cats, and ferrets. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 826, Health and Safety | ||
| Code, is amended by adding Section 826.0425 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 826.0425. PROHIBITED REQUIREMENT OF CERTAIN REPORTS OR | ||
| QUARANTINE. The executive commissioner may not adopt a rule to | ||
| require: | ||
| (1) a person to report an incident involving an animal | ||
| bite or scratch if: | ||
| (A) the bite or scratch was from a domesticated | ||
| dog, cat, or ferret; and | ||
| (B) the person does not reasonably foresee the | ||
| dog, cat, or ferret as capable of transmitting rabies and does not | ||
| suspect the dog, cat, or ferret is rabid; or | ||
| (2) the owner of a domesticated dog, cat, or ferret to | ||
| submit the animal to quarantine under this chapter if the owner | ||
| lacks probable cause to believe the animal is rabid or may have been | ||
| exposed to rabies. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
