Texas Health & Safety Code - Section 11.004. Composition And Responsibility Of Department
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§ 11.004. COMPOSITION AND RESPONSIBILITY OF
DEPARTMENT. (a) The department is composed of the board, the
commissioner, an administrative staff, the Texas Center for
Infectious Disease, the South Texas Health Care System, and other
officers and employees necessary to perform efficiently its powers
and duties.
(b) The department is the state agency with primary
responsibility for providing health services, including:
(1) disease prevention;
(2) health promotion;
(3) indigent health care;
(4) certain acute care services;
(5) health care facility regulation, excluding
long-term care facilities;
(6) licensing of certain health professions; and
(7) other health-related services as provided by law.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended
by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 747, § 15, eff. Sept. 1, 1993; Acts
1995, 74th Leg., ch. 107, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995; Acts 2001,
77th Leg., ch. 263, § 1, eff. May 22, 2001.
Section: 1.002 1.003 1.004 1.005 11.001 11.002 11.003 11.004 11.0045 11.005 11.0055 11.006 11.007 11.008 11.009
Last modified: August 10, 2007
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