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Texas Health & Safety Code - Section 121.0067. Evaluation And Report Of Delivery Of Essential Public Health Services

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§ 121.0067. EVALUATION AND REPORT OF DELIVERY OF 
ESSENTIAL PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES.  (a) The department, in 
cooperation with municipalities, counties, public health 
districts, and other political subdivisions that receive grants 
under Section 121.0065, and the consortium established under 
Subchapter F, shall evaluate:
		(1)  the effectiveness, accessibility, and quality of 
essential public health services provided under the grant program 
established by Section 121.0065 and under Section 121.0066;  and
		(2)  the adequacy of funding for those services.                              
	(b)  Not later than January 1 of each odd-numbered year, the 
department shall file with the governor and the presiding officer 
of each house of the legislature a report detailing the results of 
the evaluation conducted under Subsection (a).  The report must 
include recommendations relating to:
		(1)  legislation to improve the effectiveness, 
accessibility, and quality of essential public health services;  
and
		(2)  appropriate funding for those services.                                  

Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1378, § 2, eff. June 19, 1999.          

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