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• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 1.001 - Purpose Of Code
  (a) This code is enacted as a part of the state's continuing statutory revision program, begun by the Texas Legislative Council in 1963 as directed ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 1.002 - Construction Of Code
  Chapter 311, Government Code (Code Construction Act), applies to the construction of each provision in this code except as otherwise expressly provided by this code. ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 1.003 - Internal References
  In this code: (1) a reference to a title, chapter, or section without further identification is a reference to a title, chapter, or section of ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 1.004 - Reference In Law To Statute Revised By Code
  A reference in a law to a statute or a part of a statute revised by this code is considered to be a reference to ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 1.005 - Definition
  In this code, "licensed practitioner" includes a sex offender treatment provider who is licensed under Chapter 110, Occupations Code. Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 11.001 - Definitions
  In this title: (1) "Board" means the Texas Board of Health. (2) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of public health. (3) "Department" means the Texas Department ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 11.002 - Purpose Of Board And Department
  The Texas Board of Health and the Texas Department of Health are established to better protect and promote the health of the people of this ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 11.003 - Sunset Provision
  The Texas Board of Health and the Texas Department of Health are subject to Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 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, ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 11.0045 - Comprehensive Strategic And Operational Plan
  (a) The board shall develop, publish, and to the extent allowed by law implement a comprehensive strategic and operational plan. (b) The board shall publish ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 11.005 - Composition Of Board
  (a) The board is composed of seven members appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate. (b) Appointments to the board ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 11.0055 - Required Board Member Training
  (a) A person who is appointed to and qualifies for office as a member of the board may not vote, deliberate, or be counted as ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 11.006 - Restrictions On Board Appointment, Membership, And Employment
  (a) A person is not eligible for appointment as a public member of the board if the person or the person's spouse: (1) is employed ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 11.007 - Terms
  Board members serve for staggered six-year terms, with the terms of two or three members expiring February 1 of each odd-numbered year. Acts 1989, 71st ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 11.008 - Officers
  Not later than September 1 of each odd-numbered year, the governor shall designate one board member as chairman and one member as vice-chairman. Acts 1989, ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 11.009 - Removal Of Board Members
  (a) It is a ground for removal from the board if a member: (1) does not have at the time of appointment the qualifications required ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 11.010 - Per Diem; Reimbursement For Expenses
  A board member receives no fixed salary but is entitled to receive: (1) a per diem as prescribed by the General Appropriations Act for each ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 11.011 - Meetings
  (a) The board shall meet in the city of Austin or in other places fixed by the board. (b) The board shall meet at least ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 11.012 - Commissioner
  (a) The commissioner of health and human services shall employ the commissioner in accordance with Section 531.0056, Government Code. (b) Except as provided in Subsection ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 11.013 - Separation Of Authority
  (a) The board shall adopt policies and rules and shall govern the department. (b) The board may delegate to the commissioner, or to the person ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 11.014 - Investigation Of Department
  The board shall investigate the conduct of the work of the department. For that purpose, the board shall have access at any time to all ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 11.015 - Personnel
  (a) The commissioner or the commissioner's designee shall develop an intra-agency career ladder program. The program shall require intra-agency postings of all nonentry level positions ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 11.016 - Advisory Committees
  (a) The board may appoint advisory committees to assist the board in performing its duties. (b) The board shall appoint an advisory committee in a ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 11.0161 - Compensatory Per Diem For Advisory Committee Member
  (a) Within the limit of available funds, a member of an advisory committee appointed to assist the board and the department is entitled to receive, ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 11.017 - Finances
  (a) The board shall file annually with the governor and the presiding officer of each house of the legislature a complete and detailed written report ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 11.018 - Public Interest Information And Complaints
  (a) The board shall develop and implement policies that provide the public with a reasonable opportunity to appear before the board and to speak on ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 12.0123 - External Audits Of Certain Medicaid Contractors Based On Risk
  Text of section as added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1411, § 1.10 (a) In this section, "Medicaid contractor" means an entity that: (1) ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 12.0123 - External Audits Of Certain Medicaid Contractors
  Text of section as added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1447, § 1 and by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1460, § 9.01 ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 12.0124 - Electronic Transactions; State Medicaid Program
  The department or the department's successor in function in relation to the department's operation of a part of the state Medicaid program shall implement policies ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 12.0125 - Drug Rebates
  (a) The department shall develop a voluntary drug manufacturer rebate program for drugs purchased by or on behalf of a client of the Kidney Health ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 12.0127 - Immigration Visa Waivers For Physicians
  (a) The department, in accordance with 8 U.S.C. Section 1182(e), as amended, under exceptions provided by 8 U.S.C. Section 1184(l), as amended, may request waiver ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 12.0128 - Health Alert Network
  The department shall include the Texas Association of Local Health Officials, the Texas Association of Community Health Centers, and the Texas Organization of Rural and ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 12.013 - Driving And Traffic Policies
  (a) The department shall continuously study and investigate the medical aspects of: (1) the licensing of drivers; (2) the enforcement of traffic safety laws, including ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 12.014 - Registry
  (a) The department may establish a registry or system of registries for providers of health-related services who are not otherwise licensed, registered, or certified by ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 12.0145 - Information About Enforcement Actions
  (a) The department shall publish and provide information in accordance with this section regarding each final enforcement action taken by the department, commissioner, or board ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 12.0146 - Trends In Enforcement
  The department shall publish annually an analysis of its enforcement actions taken under state law with regard to each profession, industry, or type of facility ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 12.015 - Information On Community Services
  (a) If the department determines that a person is not eligible for a level of care in a nursing home, the department shall inform the ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 12.016 - Public Hearing Procedures
  (a) Any statements, correspondence, or other form of oral or written communication made by a member of the legislature to a department official or employee ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 12.017 - Managed Care Organizations: Medicaid Program
  (a) Except as provided by Section 533.047, the department shall develop for managed care organizations that serve Medicaid clients performance, operation, quality of care, marketing, ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 12.018 - Unannounced Inspections
  The department may make any inspection of a facility or program under the department's jurisdiction without announcing the inspection. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 12.019 - Genetic Counseling Fees
  (a) The department may charge for providing genetic counseling services. The fee may not exceed the actual cost of providing the services. (b) The department ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 12.020 - Protection And Use Of Intellectual Property
  (a) The department may: (1) apply for, register, secure, hold, and protect under the laws of the United States, any state, or any nation: (A) ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 12.021 - Administration And Enforcement Duties
  The commissioner shall administer and enforce the health laws of this state under the board's supervision. Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, § 1, eff. ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 12.031 - Definition
  In this subchapter, "public health services" means: (1) personal health promotion, maintenance, and treatment services; (2) infectious disease control and prevention services; (3) environmental and ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 12.032 - Fees For Public Health Services
  (a) The board by rule may charge fees to a person who receives public health services from the department. (b) The board by rule may ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 12.033 - Distribution And Administration Of Certain Vaccines And Sera
  (a) Except as otherwise provided by this section, the board by rule shall charge fees for the distribution and administration of vaccines and sera provided ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 12.034 - Collection Procedures
  (a) The board shall establish procedures for the collection of fees for public health services. The procedures shall be used by the department and by ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 12.035 - Public Health Services Fee Fund
  (a) The department shall deposit all money collected for fees and charges collected under Sections 12.0122(d) and 12.032(a) in the state treasury to the credit ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 12.036 - Subrogation
  (a) In furnishing public health services to a person, the department is subrogated to the person's right of recovery from: (1) personal insurance; (2) another ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 12.037 - Modification, Suspension, Or Termination Of Services
  (a) The department may modify, suspend, or terminate public health services to a person for nonpayment of billed services after notice to the affected person ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 12.038 - Rules
  The board may adopt rules necessary to implement this subchapter. Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 12.039 - Construction Of Other Laws
  (a) This subchapter does not repeal or modify a statute in effect on August 29, 1983, that fixes the amount, directs the disposition, prohibits the ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 12.051 - Provision Of Funds
  The department may provide funds by grant or contract to a qualified person for the purchase of services, equipment, or supplies to be used to ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 12.052 - Requirements For Expenditure Of Certain Funds
  (a) The expenditure of funds received by local units of government from the department is governed by Chapter 783, Government Code, and the rules adopted ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 12.053 - Inventory Requirements
  All equipment and supplies which are purchased through a program, contract, or grant with the department by or for qualified entities, including but not limited ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 12.054 - Disposition Of Certain Department Property
  (a) This section applies only to property that is surplus or salvage property under Chapter 2175, Government Code, and that is: (1) exempt under Section ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 12.055 - Certain Procurements Made With Department Funds
  (a) A state agency or local unit of government that expends funds received from the department for the acquisition of goods and services may satisfy ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 12.056 - Participation In Department Purchasing Contracts Or Group Purchasing Program
  The department may allow a state agency, local unit of government, or private entity that expends funds received by the department to purchase goods or ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 12.071 - Office Of Texas-Mexico Health And Environmental Issues
  The department shall establish and maintain an office in the department to coordinate and promote health and environmental issues between this state and Mexico. Added ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 12.072 - Binational Alcohol And Substance Abuse Task Force
  Text of section effective until January 1, 2009 (a) The binational alcohol and substance abuse task force is created to study: (1) the effect ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 12.081 - Office Of Minority Health
  The department shall establish and maintain an office of minority health in the department to: (1) assume a leadership role in working or contracting with ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 12.082 - Powers Of Office
  The office may: (1) provide a central information and referral source and serve as the primary state resource in coordinating, planning, and advocating access to ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 12.083 - Funding
  The department may distribute to the office unobligated and unexpended appropriations to be used to carry out its powers. Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 12.084 - Report To Legislature
  Not later than January 1 of each odd-numbered year, the office shall submit a biennial report to the legislature regarding the activities of the office ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 12.091 - Definitions
  In this subchapter: (1) "Medical standards division" means the Medical Standards on Motor Vehicle Operations Division of the department. (2) "Panel" means a panel of ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 12.092 - Medical Advisory Board; Board Members
  (a) The commissioner shall appoint the medical advisory board members from: (1) persons licensed to practice medicine in this state, including physicians who are board ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 12.093 - Administration; Rules
  (a) the medical advisory board is administratively attached to the medical standards division. (b) The medical standards division: (1) shall provide administrative support for the ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 12.094 - Rules Relating To Medical Advisory Board Members
  (a) The board: (1) may adopt rules to govern the activities of the medical advisory board; (2) by rule may establish a reasonable fee to ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 12.095 - Board Panels; Powers And Duties
  (a) If the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas requests an opinion or recommendation from the medical advisory board as to the ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 12.096 - Physician Report
  (a) A physician licensed to practice medicine in this state may inform the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas or the medical ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 12.097 - Confidentiality Requirements
  (a) All records, reports, and testimony relating to the medical condition of an applicant or license holder: (1) are for the confidential use of the ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 12.098 - Liability
  A member of the medical advisory board, a member of a panel, a person who makes an examination for or on the recommendation of the ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 12.111 - Texas Volunteer Health Corps
  (a) The department shall establish the Texas Volunteer Health Corps to enhance community-based public health services. (b) The Texas Volunteer Health Corps shall connect volunteers ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 12.112 - Coordinators
  (a) The department may employ coordinators to recruit, train, and refer volunteers for service in local communities. (b) A coordinator employed under this section may ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 12.113 - Volunteers
  (a) Volunteers recruited under this subchapter may include students in high school or an institution of higher education, senior citizens, participants in the AFDC job ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 12.114 - Vital Health Care Issues
  (a) The department may identify vital health care issues, including the use of tobacco and alcohol, end-of-life needs, health and safety issues on the Texas/Mexico ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 12.115 - Mentors
  The department shall encourage health care professionals to volunteer as mentors in the Texas Volunteer Health Corps. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 768, ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 12.116 - Information
  The department may provide public health information materials as needed by the Texas Volunteer Health Corps. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 768, § ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 12.131 - Definitions
  In this subchapter: (1) "Account" has the meaning assigned by Section 403.1041, Government Code. (2) "Advisory committee" means the tobacco settlement permanent trust account administration ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 12.132 - Certification To Comptroller
  The department shall collect information relating to the unreimbursed health care expenditures of each political subdivision and, based on that information and using the formula ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 12.133 - Collection Of Information
  (a) Each political subdivision shall submit to the department, in the manner and at the time required by the department, information that relates to the ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 12.134 - Disputes Relating To Information Collected
  (a) Subject to the approval of the advisory committee, the board shall adopt rules under which a political subdivision or agency of this state may ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 12.135 - Effect Of Dispute
  A dispute filed under department rules adopted under Section 12.134 does not affect the percentage of the annual distribution of the earnings from the account ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 12.136 - Adjustment Following Audit
  (a) If the board finds, after an audit conducted under Section 12.133 or 12.134, that a political subdivision has overstated unreimbursed health care expenditures in ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 12.137 - Tobacco Settlement Permanent Trust Account Administration Advisory Committee
  (a) The tobacco settlement permanent trust account administration advisory committee shall advise the board on the implementation of the department's duties under this subchapter. (b) ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 12.138 - Approval Of Rules
  A rule to be adopted by the board relating to certification of a percentage of an annual distribution under Section 12.132 or collection of information ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 12.139 - Annual Review
  The advisory committee shall annually: (1) review the results of any audit conducted under this subchapter and the results of any dispute filed under Section ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 13.002 - Admission Of Other Patients
  (a) The board may admit to any hospital under its supervision a patient who: (1) is eligible to receive patient services under a department program; ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 13.003 - Services At South Texas Health Care System
  (a) The primary purpose of the South Texas Health Care System is to provide inpatient and outpatient services, either directly or by contract with one ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 13.004 - Treatment Of Certain Mentally Ill Or Mentally Retarded Persons
  (a) The Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation may transfer a mentally ill or mentally retarded person who is infected with tuberculosis to ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 13.005 - Care And Treatment Of Certain Patients
  (a) The board shall fully develop essential services needed for the control of tuberculosis. To provide those services, the board may contract for the support, ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 13.006 - Purpose Of Tuberculosis Control Program
  The primary objectives of the tuberculosis control program are: (1) case-finding; (2) inpatient and outpatient treatment; and (3) the eventual eradication of tuberculosis. Acts 1989, ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 13.031 - Short Title
  This subchapter may be cited as the Texas Tuberculosis Code. Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 13.032 - Purpose
  The purpose of this subchapter is to: (1) enable persons with tuberculosis to obtain needed care; (2) provide care and treatment for those persons; and ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 13.033 - Definitions
  In this subchapter: (1) "Legally responsible person" means a parent, guardian, or spouse, or any person whom the laws of this state hold responsible for ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 13.034 - Board Duties
  (a) The board shall adopt rules and bylaws relating to: (1) the management of state chest hospitals; (2) the duties of officers and employees of ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 13.035 - Employment Of Hospital Administrators
  (a) The department shall employ a qualified hospital administrator for each state chest hospital. (b) A hospital administrator employed under this section is not required ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 13.036 - Patient Admission; Examination Certificate
  (a) A resident of this state who has tuberculosis may be admitted to a state chest hospital. A person who is not a resident of ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 13.037 - Determination Of Residency
  (a) A person is a resident of this state if the person: (1) is physically present and living voluntarily in this state; (2) intends to ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 13.038 - Classification Of Patients; Lien
  (a) A patient admitted to a state chest hospital is a public patient and classified as indigent, nonindigent, or nonresident. (b) An indigent public patient ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 13.039 - Collection Of State's Claim
  (a) A state claim for patient support and maintenance may be collected through an action brought against the patient or the person legally responsible for ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 13.040 - Effect Of Indigent Health Care And Treatment Act
  If an indigent or nonindigent public patient is eligible for health care assistance from a county hospital or public hospital under Chapter 61 (Indigent Health ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 13.041 - Return Of Certain Nonresidents; Reciprocal Agreements
  (a) The board may: (1) return a nonresident patient admitted to a state chest hospital to the proper agency of the state of the patient's ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 13.042 - Discrimination Prohibited
  (a) A state chest hospital may not discriminate against a patient. (b) Each patient is entitled to equal facilities, attention, and treatment. However, a state ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 13.043 - Gratuities Prohibited
  (a) A patient in a state chest hospital may not offer an officer, agent, or employee of the hospital a tip, payment, or reward of ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 13.044 - Private Accommodations
  (a) On the request of any charitable organization in this state, the board may permit the erection, furnishing, and maintenance by the charitable organization of ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 13.045 - Donation Of Land By County
  (a) A county may donate and convey land to the state in consideration of the establishment of a state chest hospital by the board. (b) ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 13.046 - Admission Of Nonresident Patients
  (a) The department may enter into an agreement with an agency of another state responsible for the care of residents of that state who have ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 31.001 - Short Title
  This chapter may be cited as the Texas Primary Health Care Services Act. Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 31.002 - Definitions
  (a) In this chapter: (1) "Facility" includes a hospital, ambulatory surgical center, public health clinic, birthing center, outpatient clinic, and community health center. (2) "Medical ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 31.003 - Primary Health Care Services Program
  (a) The board may establish a program in the department to provide primary health care services to eligible individuals. (b) If the program is established, ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 31.004 - Administration
  (a) The board shall adopt rules necessary to administer this chapter, and the department shall administer the program in accordance with board rules. (b) With ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 31.005 - Provision Of Program Services By Department
  (a) The board shall adopt rules relating to the department's determination of whether program services are to be provided through a network of approved providers, ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 31.006 - Service Providers
  (a) The board shall adopt rules relating to: (1) the selection and expedited selection of providers, including physicians, registered nurses, and facilities; and (2) the ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 31.007 - Application For Services
  (a) The board shall adopt rules relating to application procedures for admission to the program. (b) An applicant must complete or cause to be completed ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 31.008 - Eligibility For Services
  (a) The board shall adopt rules relating to eligibility criteria for an individual to receive services under the program, including health, medical, and financial criteria. ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 31.009 - Denial, Modification, Suspension, Or Termination Of Services
  (a) The department for cause may deny an application for services after notice to the applicant and an opportunity for a fair hearing. (b) The ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 31.010 - Financial Eligibility; Other Benefits
  (a) The department shall require an individual receiving services under this chapter, or the person with a legal obligation to support the individual, to pay ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 31.011 - Recovery Of Costs
  (a) The department may recover the cost of services provided under this chapter from a person who does not reimburse the department as required by ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 31.012 - Fees
  (a) The board may charge fees for the services provided directly by the department or through approved providers in accordance with Subchapter D, Chapter 12. ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 31.013 - Funding
  (a) Except as provided by this chapter or by other law, the board may seek, receive, and spend funds received through an appropriation, grant, donation, ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 31.014 - Contracts
  The department shall enter into contracts and agreements or award grants necessary to facilitate the efficient and economical provision of services under this chapter, including ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 31.015 - Records And Review
  (a) The department shall require each provider receiving reimbursement under this chapter to maintain records and information for each applicant for or recipient of services. ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 31.016 - Program Plans
  (a) The department shall have a long-range plan, covering at least six years, that includes at least the following elements: (1) quantifiable indicators of effort ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 31.017 - Federally Qualified Health Centers
  Text of section effective until September 1, 2009 (a) The department may make grants to establish new or expand existing facilities that can qualify ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 32.001 - Short Title
  This chapter may be cited as the Maternal and Infant Health Improvement Act. Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 32.002 - Definitions
  (a) In this chapter: (1) "Adolescent" means an individual younger than 18 years of age. (2) "Ancillary services" means services necessary to obtain timely, effective, ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 32.003 - Maternal And Infant Health Improvement Services Program
  (a) The board may establish a maternal and infant health improvement services program in the department to provide comprehensive maternal and infant health improvement services ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 32.005 - Abortion Services Restricted
  Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, funds administered under this chapter may not be used to provide abortion services unless the mother's life is ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 32.006 - Administration
  (a) The board shall adopt rules necessary to administer this chapter, and the department shall administer the program in accordance with board rules. (b) The ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 32.011 - Denial, Modification, Suspension, Or Termination Of Services
  (a) The department may, for cause, deny, modify, suspend, or terminate services to an individual eligible for or receiving services after notice to the individual ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 32.012 - Financial Eligibility; Other Benefits
  (a) The department shall require an individual receiving services under this chapter, or the person with a legal obligation to support the individual, to pay ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 32.013 - Recovery Of Costs
  (a) The department may recover the cost of services provided under this chapter from a person who does not reimburse the department as required by ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 32.014 - Fees
  (a) Except as prohibited by federal law or regulation, the board may charge fees for the services provided directly by the department or through approved ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 32.015 - Funding
  (a) Except as provided by this chapter or by other law, the board may seek, receive, and spend funds received through an appropriation, grant, donation, ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 32.016 - Contracts
  The department shall enter into contracts and agreements or award grants necessary to facilitate the efficient and economical provision of services under this chapter, including ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 32.017 - Records And Review
  (a) The department shall require each provider receiving reimbursement under this chapter to maintain records and information for each applicant for or recipient of services. ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 32.018 - Program Plans
  (a) The department shall have a long-range plan covering at least six years that includes at least the following elements: (1) quantifiable indicators of effort ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 32.021 - Requirements Regarding The Women, Infants And Children Program
  (a) An agency, organization, or other entity that contracts with the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children shall each month provide the ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 32.041 - Legislative Findings
  (a) The legislature finds that the perinatal period beginning before conception and continuing through the first year of life poses unique challenges for the health ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 32.042 - Duties Of Board; Rules
  (a) The board by rule shall adopt: (1) minimum standards and objectives to implement voluntary perinatal health care systems; and (2) policies for health promotion ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 32.043 - Duties Of Department
  The department shall: (1) develop and monitor a statewide network of voluntary perinatal health care systems; (2) develop and maintain a perinatal reporting and analysis ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 32.044 - System Requirements
  (a) Each voluntary perinatal health care system must have: (1) a coordinating board responsible for ensuring, providing, or coordinating planning access to services, data collection, ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 32.045 - Grant Program
  (a) The department may establish a program to award grants to initiate, expand, maintain, and improve voluntary perinatal health care systems. (b) The board by ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 33.001 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Heritable disease" means an inherited disease that may result in mental or physical retardation or death. (2) "Hypothyroidism" means a condition ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 33.002 - Detection And Treatment Program Established
  (a) The department shall carry out a program to combat morbidity, including mental retardation, and mortality in persons who have phenylketonuria, other heritable diseases, or ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 33.003 - Cooperation Of Health Care Providers And Governmental Entities
  (a) The department may invite all physicians, hospitals, and other health care providers in the state that provide maternity and newborn infant care to cooperate ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 33.004 - Study On Newborn Screening Methodology And Equipment
  (a) Not later than March 1, 2006, the department shall: (1) conduct a study to determine the most cost-effective method of conducting newborn screening, including ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 33.011 - Test Requirement
  (a) The physician attending a newborn child or the person attending the delivery of a newborn child that is not attended by a physician shall ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 33.012 - Exemption
  (a) Screening tests may not be administered to a newborn child whose parents, managing conservator, or guardian objects on the ground that the tests conflict ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 33.013 - Limitation On Liability
  A physician, technician, or other person administering the screening tests required by this chapter is not liable or responsible because of the failure or refusal ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 33.014 - Diagnosis; Follow-Up
  (a) If, because of an analysis of a specimen submitted under Section 33.011, the department reasonably suspects that a newborn child may have phenylketonuria, another ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 33.015 - Reports; Record Keeping
  (a) Each physician, health authority, or other individual who has the information of a confirmed case of a disorder for which a screening test is ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 33.016 - Approval Of Laboratories
  (a) The department may develop a program to approve any laboratory that wishes to perform the tests required to be administered under this chapter. To ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 33.031 - Coordination With Children With Special Health Care Needs Services
  (a) All newborn children and other individuals under 21 years of age who have been screened, have been found to be presumptively positive through the ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 33.032 - Program Services
  (a) Within the limits of funds available for this purpose and in cooperation with the individual's physician, the department may provide services directly or through ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 33.033 - Consent
  The department may not provide services without the consent of the individual or, if the individual is a minor, the minor's parent, managing conservator, or ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 33.034 - Denial, Modification, Suspension, And Revocation Of Approval To Provide Services
  (a) After notice and an opportunity for a fair hearing, the department may deny the approval or modify, suspend, or revoke the approval of a ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 33.035 - Individuals Eligible For Services
  (a) An individual is not eligible to receive the services authorized by this chapter at no cost or reduced cost to the extent that the ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 33.036 - Denial, Modification, Suspension, And Revocation Of Eligibility To Receive Services
  (a) After notice to the individual or, if the individual is a minor, the individual's parent, managing conservator, or guardian and an opportunity for a ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 33.037 - Reimbursement
  (a) The board may require an individual or, if the individual is a minor, the minor's parent, managing conservator, or guardian, or other person with ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 33.038 - Recovery Of Costs
  (a) The department is entitled to recover an expenditure for services provided under this chapter from: (1) a person who does not reimburse the department ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 35.001 - Short Title
  This chapter may be cited as the Children with Special Health Care Needs Services Act. Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, § 1, eff. Sept. ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 35.0021 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Case management services" includes: (A) coordinating medical services, marshaling available assistance, serving as a liaison between the child and the child's ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 35.0022 - Child With Special Health Care Needs
  (a) In this chapter, "child with special health care needs" means a person who: (1) is younger than 21 years of age and who has ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 35.003 - Services Program For Children With Special Health Care Needs
  (a) The program is in the department to provide services to eligible children with special health care needs. The program shall provide: (1) early identification ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 35.0031 - Health Benefits Plan Coverage For Certain Eligible Children
  The department shall obtain coverage under a health benefits plan for a child who: (1) is eligible for services under this chapter; and (2) is ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 35.0032 - Benefits Coverage Required
  To the extent possible, the health benefits plan required by Section 35.0031 must provide benefits comparable to the benefits provided under the state child health ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 35.0033 - Health Benefits Plan Provider
  (a) A health benefits plan provider who provides coverage for benefits under Section 35.0031 must: (1) hold a certificate of authority or other appropriate license ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 35.0034 - Cost-Sharing Payments
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the department may not require a child who is provided health benefits plan coverage under Section 35.0031 and ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 35.0035 - Disallowance Of Matching Funds From Federal Government
  Expenditures made to provide health benefits plan coverage under Section 35.0031 may not be included for the purpose of determining the state children's health insurance ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 35.004 - Service Providers
  (a) The board shall adopt substantive and procedural rules for the selection of providers to participate in the program, including rules for the selection of ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 35.0041 - Participation And Reimbursement Of Telemedicine Medical Service Providers
  (a) The department by rule shall develop and implement policies permitting reimbursement of a provider for services under the program performed using telemedicine medical services. ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 35.005 - Eligibility For Services
  (a) The board by rule shall: (1) define medical, financial, and other criteria for eligibility to receive services; and (2) establish a system for verifying ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 35.006 - Denial, Modification, Suspension, Or Termination Of Services
  (a) The board shall adopt substantive and procedural rules for the denial of applications and the modification, suspension, or termination of services. (b) The department ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 35.0061 - Referral For Behavioral Or Emotional Conditions
  If a child with special health care needs who is eligible for services under this chapter has a behavioral or emotional condition and the child ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 35.007 - Financial Eligibility; Other Benefits
  (a) The board shall require a child receiving services, or the person who has a legal obligation to support the child, to pay for or ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 35.008 - Recovery Of Costs
  (a) The department may recover the cost of services provided under this chapter from a person who does not pay or reimburse the department as ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 35.009 - Fees
  The board may adopt reasonable procedures and standards for the determination of fees and charges for program services. Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, § ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 35.010 - Funding
  The department may receive and spend: (1) gifts made for the purposes of this chapter; and (2) funds appropriated or granted by the state or ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 35.011 - Contracts
  The department may enter into contracts and agreements necessary to carry out this chapter, including interagency agreements to provide for the efficient and uninterrupted provision ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 35.012 - Records
  (a) The department may take a census, make surveys, and establish permanent records of children with special health care needs. (b) The department shall maintain ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 35.013 - Limitations On Authority
  (a) This chapter does not limit the authority of a parent, managing conservator, or guardian over a minor. (b) This chapter does not entitle an ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 36.001 - Short Title
  This chapter may be cited as the Special Senses and Communication Disorders Act. Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 36.002 - Purpose
  (a) The purpose of this chapter is to establish a program to identify, at as early an age as possible, those individuals from birth through ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 36.003 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Communication disorder" means an abnormality of functioning related to the ability to express and receive ideas. (2) "Other benefit" means a ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 36.004 - Screening Program For Special Senses And Communication Disorders
  (a) The board by rule shall require screening of individuals who attend public or private preschools or schools to detect vision and hearing disorders and ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 36.005 - Compliance With Screening Requirements
  (a) An individual required to be screened shall undergo approved screening for vision and hearing disorders and any other special senses and communication disorders specified ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 36.006 - Records; Reports
  (a) The chief administrator of each preschool or school shall maintain, on a form prescribed by the department, screening records for each individual in attendance, ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 36.007 - Provision Of Remedial Services
  (a) The department may provide remedial services directly or through approved providers to eligible individuals who have certain special senses and communication disorders and who ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 36.008 - Individuals Eligible For Remedial Services
  (a) An individual is not eligible to receive the remedial services authorized by this chapter to the extent that the individual or the parent, managing ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 36.009 - Reimbursement
  (a) The board may require an individual or, if the individual is a minor, the minor's parent, managing conservator, or guardian, to pay or reimburse ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 36.010 - Recovery Of Costs
  (a) The department is entitled to recover an expenditure for services provided under this chapter from: (1) a person who does not reimburse the department ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 36.011 - Qualifications Of Persons Providing Screening And Remedial Services
  (a) The department may require that persons who administer special senses and communication disorders screening complete an approved training program, and the department may train ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 36.012 - Research; Report To Legislature
  (a) The department may conduct research and compile statistics on the provision of remedial services to individuals with special senses and communication disorders and on ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 36.013 - Funding
  The department may accept appropriations, donations, and reimbursements, including donations of prosthetic devices, and may apply those items to the purposes of this chapter. Acts ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 36.014 - Contracts
  The department may enter into contracts and agreements necessary to administer this chapter, including contracts for the purchase of remedial services. Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 37.001 - Screening Program For Abnormal Spinal Curvature
  (a) The department, in cooperation with the Texas Education Agency, shall establish a program to detect abnormal spinal curvature in children. (b) The board, in ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 37.002 - Compliance With Screening Requirements
  (a) Each individual required by board rule to be screened shall undergo approved screening for abnormal spinal curvature. The individual's parent, managing conservator, or guardian ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 37.003 - Reports
  (a) If the screening performed under this chapter indicates that an individual may have abnormal spinal curvature, the individual performing the screening shall fill out ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 37.004 - Qualifications Of Persons Providing Screening
  (a) The department may train persons who administer the spinal screening procedure and may approve training programs. (b) A person who provides screening services authorized ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 37.005 - Funding
  The department may accept appropriations, donations, and reimbursements and may apply those items to the purposes of this chapter. Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 37.006 - Contracts
  The department may enter into contracts and agreements necessary to administer this chapter. Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 38.001 - Program Established
  (a) The department shall establish and develop a state program for the control and eradication of pediculosis of minors. (b) The program may include procedures ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 38.002 - Treatment Of Minor Who Has Pediculosis
  For the purpose of treating a minor who has pediculosis, the parent or guardian of the minor shall: (1) follow the instructions of the department; ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 39.001 - Definition
  In this chapter, "heart disease or defect" means an abnormality or disease of the heart or major blood vessel near the heart. Acts 1989, 71st ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 39.002 - Children's Outreach Heart Program
  The department, with approval of the board, may establish a children's outreach heart program to provide: (1) prediagnostic cardiac screening and follow-up evaluation services to ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 39.003 - Rules
  The board shall adopt rules it considers necessary to define the scope of the children's outreach heart program and the medical and financial standards for ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 39.004 - Fees
  Recipients of services or training provided by the program may be charged a fee for services or training according to rules adopted by the board. ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 39.005 - Funding
  The department may seek, receive, and spend any funds received through appropriations, grants, or donations from public or private sources for the purposes of the ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 39.006 - Contracts
  The department may enter into contracts or agreements it considers necessary to facilitate the provision of services under this chapter, including contracts with other departments, ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 40.001 - Definition
  In this chapter, "epilepsy" means a variable symptom complex characterized by recurrent paroxysmal attacks of unconsciousness or impaired consciousness, usually with a succession of clonic ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 40.002 - Epilepsy Program
  (a) The department, with approval of the board, may establish an epilepsy program to provide diagnostic services, treatment, and support services to eligible persons who ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 40.003 - Rules
  The board may adopt rules it considers necessary to define the scope of the epilepsy program and the medical and financial standards for eligibility. Acts ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 40.004 - Administration
  (a) The commissioner, with the approval of the board, may appoint an administrator to carry out the epilepsy program. (b) The administrator shall report to ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 40.005 - Fees
  Program patients may be charged a fee for services according to rules adopted by the board. Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, § 1, eff. ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 40.006 - Funding
  The department may seek, receive, and spend any funds received through appropriations, grants, or donations from public or private sources for the purposes of the ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 40.007 - Contracts
  The department may enter into contracts or other agreements it considers necessary to facilitate the provision of services under this chapter, including contracts with other ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 41.001 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Hemophilia" means a human physical condition characterized by bleeding resulting from a genetically determined deficiency of a blood coagulation factor or ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 41.002 - Hemophilia Assistance Program
  (a) The hemophilia assistance program is in the department to assist persons who have hemophilia and who require continuing treatment with blood, blood derivatives, or ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 41.003 - Administration
  (a) The commissioner may employ or appoint an administrator who shall carry out the hemophilia assistance program and report to the commissioner. (b) The administrator ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 41.004 - Financial Eligibility
  (a) A person is not eligible to receive services provided by this chapter: (1) to the extent that another person with a legal obligation to ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 41.005 - Reimbursement
  (a) The department shall require a person receiving services under this chapter who is financially able to bear part of the expense, or a person ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 41.006 - Recovery Of Costs
  (a) The department may recover the cost of services provided under this chapter from a person who does not reimburse the department as required by ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 41.007 - Funding
  (a) The department may accept gifts and grants from individuals, private or public organizations, or federal or local funds to support the hemophilia assistance program. ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 42.001 - Short Title; Purpose
  (a) This chapter may be cited as the Texas Kidney Health Care Act. (b) The state finds that one of the most serious and tragic ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 42.002 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Division" means the kidney health care division. (2) "Other benefit" means a benefit, other than one provided under this chapter, to ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 42.003 - Kidney Health Care Division
  (a) The kidney health care division is in the department to carry out this chapter. The board shall administer the division. (b) The division may ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 42.004 - Services
  (a) The division shall provide kidney care services directly or through public or private resources to persons determined by the board to be eligible for ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 42.0045 - Distribution Of Drugs And Devices
  (a) Sections 483.041(a) and 483.042, Subtitle J, Title 3, Occupations Code, and other applicable laws establishing prohibitions do not apply to a dialysate, device, or ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 42.005 - Facilities
  (a) The board may establish and maintain standards for the accreditation of all facilities designed or intended to deliver care or treatment for persons with ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 42.006 - Selection Of Service Providers
  (a) The department shall select providers to furnish kidney health care services under the program according to the criteria and procedures adopted by the board. ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 42.007 - Eligibility For Services
  The board may determine the terms, conditions, and standards, including medical and financial standards, for the eligibility of persons with chronic kidney disease to receive ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 42.008 - Denial, Modification, Suspension, Or Termination Of Services
  (a) After notice and an opportunity for a hearing, the department for cause may deny the application of or modify, suspend, or terminate services to ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 42.009 - Reimbursement
  (a) An applicant or recipient is not eligible to receive services provided by this chapter to the extent that the applicant or recipient, or another ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 42.010 - Recovery Of Costs
  (a) The department may recover the costs of services provided under this chapter from a person who does not reimburse the department as required by ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 42.011 - Funding
  (a) The division may receive and use gifts to carry out this chapter. (b) The board may comply with any requirements necessary to obtain federal ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 42.012 - Contracts
  (a) The division may enter into contracts and agreements with persons, colleges, universities, associations, corporations, municipalities, and other units of government as necessary to carry ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 42.013 - Cooperation
  (a) The division may cooperate with private or public agencies to facilitate the availability of adequate care for all citizens with chronic kidney disease. (b) ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 42.014 - Scientific Investigations
  (a) The division may develop and administer scientific investigations into the cause, prevention, methods of treatment, and cure of kidney disease, including research into kidney ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 42.015 - Educational Programs
  (a) The division may institute, carry on, and supervise educational programs for the public and health providers, including physicians, hospitals, and public health departments, concerning ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 42.016 - Reports
  The board shall report to the governor and the legislature not later than February 1 of each year concerning its findings, progress, and activities under ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 42.017 - Insurance Premiums
  The board may provide for payment of the premiums required to maintain coverage under Title XVIII of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Section 1395 ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 42.018 - Freedom Of Selection
  The freedom of an eligible person to select a treating physician, a treatment facility, or a treatment modality is not limited by Section 42.009 if ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 43.001 - Short Title
  This chapter may be cited as the Texas Oral Health Improvement Act. Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 43.002 - Liberal Construction
  It is the intent of the legislature that this chapter be construed liberally so that eligible individuals may receive appropriate and adequate oral health services ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 43.003 - Definitions
  (a) In this chapter: (1) "Dentist" means an individual licensed by the State Board of Dental Examiners to practice dentistry in this state. (2) "Oral ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 43.004 - Oral Health Improvement Services Program
  (a) The oral health improvement services program is in the department to provide comprehensive oral health services to eligible individuals. (b) The board shall adopt ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 43.005 - Administration
  (a) The department shall: (1) administer the program of oral health services established by the board; and (2) adopt the design and content of all ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 43.006 - Service Providers
  (a) The board may adopt substantive and procedural rules relating to: (1) the selection of dentists, physicians, facilities, and other providers to furnish program services, ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 43.007 - Individual Referral And Application For Services
  (a) The board may adopt substantive and procedural rules to govern the application for admission to the program and the receipt of treatment services, including ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 43.008 - Eligibility For Services
  (a) The department shall determine an individual's eligibility for treatment services according to this chapter and the program rules. (b) An individual is not eligible ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 43.009 - Denial, Modification, Suspension, Or Termination Of Services
  (a) The department may, for cause, deny an application for treatment services or modify, suspend, or terminate a recipient's treatment services after notice to the ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 43.010 - Financial Eligibility; Other Benefits
  (a) The department shall require an individual receiving treatment services under this chapter or a person with a legal obligation to support the individual to ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 43.011 - Recovery Of Costs
  (a) The department may recover the cost of treatment services provided under this chapter from a person who does not pay or reimburse the department ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 43.012 - Fees
  The board may charge fees for the oral health services provided directly by the department or through approved providers in accordance with Subchapter D, Chapter ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 43.013 - Funds
  (a) Subject to limitations or conditions prescribed by the legislature, the board may seek, receive, and spend funds received from any public or private source ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 43.014 - Contracts
  The department may enter into contracts and agreements necessary to facilitate the efficient and economical provision of oral health services under this chapter, including contracts ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 44.051 - Advocates For Survivors Of Sexual Assault
  An individual may act as an advocate for survivors of sexual assault if the individual has completed a sexual assault training program certified by the ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 44.071 - Confidential Communications
  (a) A communication between an advocate and a survivor, or a person claiming to be a survivor, that is made in the course of providing ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 44.072 - Exceptions
  (a) A communication or record that is confidential under this subchapter may be disclosed in court or in an administrative proceeding if: (1) the proceeding ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 44.073 - Consent
  (a) Consent for the release of confidential information must be in writing and signed by the survivor, a parent or legal guardian if the survivor ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 44.074 - Criminal Subpoena
  Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a person shall disclose a communication or record that is confidential under this chapter for use in a ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 44.075 - Offense
  A person commits an offense if the person intentionally or knowingly discloses a communication or record that is confidential under this chapter, except as provided ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 45.001 - Definition
  In this chapter, "child passenger safety seat system" has the meaning assigned by Section 545.412, Transportation Code. Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 311, ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 45.002 - Child Passenger Safety Seat System Program
  (a) The department may establish a program to distribute child passenger safety seat systems to indigent persons in this state. (b) A program established under ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 45.003 - Rules
  The board may adopt rules governing eligibility for a child passenger safety seat system from the program established under Section 45.002. Added by Acts 1993, ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 46.001 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Tertiary care facility" means a: (A) primary teaching hospital of a medical school; (B) level I trauma center; (C) level II ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 46.002 - Rules
  (a) The board may adopt rules to implement a system that encourages hospitals to provide tertiary medical services and stabilization services. (b) The rules must ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 46.003 - Tertiary Care Account
  (a) The tertiary care account is an account in the state treasury. Except as by Subsection (e), money in the account may be appropriated only ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 46.004 - Collection Of Information
  (a) Each tertiary care facility or level IV trauma facility that seeks payment under this chapter shall submit to the department, in the manner and ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 46.005 - Certification To Comptroller Of Unreimbursed Tertiary Medical Services
  (a) The department shall certify to the comptroller for each tertiary care facility the cost of unreimbursed tertiary medical services provided to persons who reside ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 46.006 - Certification To Comptroller Of Unreimbursed Stabilization Services
  (a) The department shall certify to the comptroller for each tertiary care facility or level IV trauma facility the cost of unreimbursed stabilization services provided ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 46.007 - Certification Of Emergencies
  (a) For purposes of reimbursing extraordinary emergencies under this chapter, the department shall certify an extraordinary emergency: (1) if the governor issues an executive order ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 47.001 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Birth admission" means the time after birth that a newborn remains in the birthing facility before the newborn is discharged. (2) ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 47.002 - Applicability Of Chapter
  This chapter does not apply to a facility operated by a midwife as defined by Section 203.002, Occupations Code. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 47.003 - Newborn Hearing Screening, Tracking, And Intervention Program
  (a) A birthing facility, through a program certified by the department under Section 47.004, shall offer the parents of a newborn a hearing screening for ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 47.004 - Certification Of Screening Programs
  (a) The department or the department's designee shall establish certification criteria for implementing a program. (b) In order to be certified, the program must: (1) ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 47.005 - Information Concerning Screening Results And Follow-Up Care
  (a) A birthing facility that operates a program shall distribute to the parents of each newborn who is screened educational materials that are standardized by ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 47.006 - Technical Assistance By Department
  The department may consult with a birthing facility and provide to the facility technical assistance associated with the implementation of a certified program. Added by ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 47.007 - Information Management, Reporting, And Tracking System
  (a) The department shall provide each birthing facility that provides newborn hearing screening under the state's medical assistance program provided under Chapter 32, Human Resources ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 47.008 - Confidentiality And General Access To Data
  (a) The information management, reporting, and tracking system provided in accordance with this chapter must meet confidentiality requirements in accordance with required state and federal ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 47.009 - Immunity From Liability
  A birthing facility, a clinical laboratory, an audiologist, a health care provider, a physician, a registered nurse, or any other officer or employee of a ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 48.001 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Compensation" includes receiving payment or receiving reimbursement for expenses. (2) "Promotora" or "community health worker" means a person who, with or ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 48.002 - Promotora And Community Health Worker Training Program
  (a) The department shall establish and operate a program designed to train and educate persons who act as promotoras or community health workers. In establishing ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 48.003 - Certification Program For Promotoras And Community Health Workers
  (a) The department shall establish and operate a certification program for persons who act as promotoras or community health workers. In establishing the program, the ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 49.001 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of state health services. (2) "Department" means the Department of State Health Services. (3) "Registry program" means ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 49.002 - Establishment Of Program
  (a) In consultation with the Department of Public Safety and organ procurement organizations, the department shall establish the Donor Education, Awareness, and Registry Program of ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 49.003 - Education For Health Care Providers And Attorneys
  (a) The department shall develop a program to educate health care providers and attorneys in this state regarding anatomical gifts. (b) The department through the ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 61.001 - Short Title
  This chapter may be cited as the Indigent Health Care and Treatment Act. Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 61.002 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Department" means the Texas Department of Health. (2) "Eligible county resident" means an eligible resident of a county who does not ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 61.003 - Residence
  (a) For purposes of this chapter, a person is presumed to be a resident of the governmental entity in which the person's home or fixed ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 61.004 - Residence Or Eligibility Dispute
  (a) If a provider of assistance and a governmental entity or hospital district cannot agree on a person's residence or whether a person is eligible ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 61.0045 - Information Necessary To Determine Eligibility
  (a) Any provider, including a mandated provider, public hospital, or hospital district, that delivers health care services to a patient who the provider suspects is ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 61.005 - Contribution Toward Cost Of Assistance
  (a) A county, public hospital, or hospital district may request an eligible resident receiving health care assistance under this chapter to contribute a nominal amount ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 61.006 - Standards And Procedures
  (a) The department shall establish minimum eligibility standards and application, documentation, and verification procedures for counties to use in determining eligibility under this chapter. (b) ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 61.007 - Information Provided By Applicant
  The department by rule shall require each applicant to provide at least the following information: (1) the applicant's full name and address; (2) the applicant's ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 61.008 - Eligibility Rules
  (a) The department by rule shall provide that in determining eligibility: (1) a county may not consider the value of the applicant's homestead; (2) a ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 61.009 - Reporting Requirements
  (a) The department shall establish uniform reporting requirements for governmental entities that own, operate, or lease public hospitals providing assistance under this chapter and for ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 61.010 - Dedicated Tax Revenues
  If the governing body of a governmental entity adopts a property tax rate that exceeds the rate calculated under Section 26.04, Tax Code, by more ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 61.011 - Services By State Hospital Or Clinic
  A state hospital or clinic shall be entitled to payment for services rendered to an eligible resident under the provisions of this chapter applicable to ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 61.012 - Indigent Health Care Advisory Committee
  Text of section effective until September 1, 2007 (a) The executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission shall establish an advisory committee ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 61.021 - Application Of Subchapter
  This subchapter applies to health care services and assistance provided to a person who does not reside in the service area of a public hospital ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 61.022 - County Obligation
  (a) A county shall provide health care assistance as prescribed by this subchapter to each of its eligible county residents. (b) The county is the ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 61.0221 - Authority Relating To Other Assistance Programs
  This subchapter does not affect the authority of the commissioners court of a county to provide eligibility standards or other requirements relating to assistance programs ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 61.023 - General Eligibility Provisions
  (a) A person is eligible for assistance under this subchapter if: (1) the person does not reside in the service area of a public hospital ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 61.024 - County Application Procedure
  (a) A county shall adopt an application procedure. (b) The county may use the application, documentation, and verification procedures established by the department under Sections ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 61.025 - County Agreement With Municipality
  (a) This section applies to a municipality that has a population of less than 15,000, that owns, operates, or leases a hospital, and that has ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 61.026 - Review Of Eligibility
  A county shall review at least once every six months the eligibility of a resident for whom an application for assistance has been granted and ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 61.027 - Change In Eligibility Status
  (a) An eligible resident must report any change in income or resources that might affect the resident's eligibility. The report must be made not later ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 61.028 - Basic Health Care Services
  (a) A county shall, in accordance with department rules adopted under Section 61.006, provide the following basic health care services: (1) primary and preventative services ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 61.0285 - Optional Health Care Services
  (a) In addition to basic health care services provided under Section 61.028, a county may, in accordance with department rules adopted under Section 61.006, provide ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 61.029 - Provision Of Health Care Services
  (a) A county may arrange to provide health care services through a local health department, a publicly owned facility, or a contract with a private ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 61.030 - Mandated Provider
  A county may select one or more providers of health care services. The county may require eligible county residents to obtain care from a mandated ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 61.031 - Notification Of Provision Of Nonemergency Services
  (a) A county may require any provider, including a mandated provider, to obtain approval from the county before providing nonemergency health care services to an ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 61.032 - Notification Of Provision Of Emergency Services
  (a) If a nonmandated provider delivers emergency services to a patient who the provider suspects might be eligible for assistance under this subchapter, the provider ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 61.033 - Payment For Services
  (a) To the extent prescribed by this chapter, a county is liable for health care services provided under this subchapter by any provider, including a ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 61.034 - Payment Standards For Health Care Services
  (a) A county is not liable for the cost of a health care service provided under Section 61.028 or 61.0285 that is in excess of ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 61.035 - Limitation Of County Liability
  The maximum county liability for each state fiscal year for health care services provided by all assistance providers, including a hospital and a skilled nursing ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 61.036 - Determination Of Eligibility For Purposes Of State Assistance
  (a) A county may not credit an expenditure made to assist an eligible county resident toward eligibility for state assistance under this subchapter unless the ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 61.037 - County Eligibility For State Assistance
  (a) The department may distribute funds as provided by this subchapter to eligible counties to assist the counties in providing health care services under Sections ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 61.038 - Distribution Of Assistance Funds
  (a) If the department determines that a county is eligible for assistance, the department shall distribute funds appropriated to the department from the indigent health ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 61.039 - Failure To Provide State Assistance
  If the department fails to provide assistance to an eligible county as prescribed by Section 61.038, the county is not liable for payments for health ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 61.0395 - Limited To Appropriated Funds
  (a) The total amount of state assistance provided to counties under this chapter for a fiscal year may not exceed the amount appropriated for that ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 61.040 - Tax Information
  The comptroller shall give the department information relating to: (1) the taxable value of property taxable by each county and each county's applicable general revenue ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 61.041 - County Reporting
  (a) The department shall establish monthly reporting requirements for a county seeking state assistance and establish procedures necessary to determine if the county is eligible ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 61.042 - Employment Services Program
  (a) A county may establish procedures consistent with those used by the Texas Department of Human Services under Chapter 31, Human Resources Code, for administering ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 61.043 - Prevention And Detection Of Fraud
  (a) The county shall adopt reasonable procedures for minimizing the opportunity for fraud, for establishing and maintaining methods for detecting and identifying situations in which ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 61.044 - Subrogation
  (a) The filing of an application for or receipt of services constitutes an assignment of the applicant's or recipient's right of recovery from: (1) personal ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 61.051 - Application Of Subchapter
  (a) This subchapter applies to health care services and assistance provided to a person who resides in the service area of a public hospital or ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 61.052 - General Eligibility Provisions
  (a) A public hospital or hospital district shall provide health care assistance to each eligible resident in its service area who meets: (1) the basic ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 61.053 - Application Procedure
  (a) A public hospital or hospital district shall adopt an application procedure. (b) Not later than the beginning of a public hospital's or hospital district's ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 61.054 - Basic Health Care Services Provided By A Public Hospital
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), a public hospital shall endeavor to provide the basic health care services a county is required to provide ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 61.055 - Basic Health Care Services Provided By Hospital Districts
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a hospital district shall endeavor to provide the basic health care services a county is required to provide ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 61.056 - Provision Of Health Care Services
  (a) A public hospital or hospital district may arrange to provide health care services through a local health department, a publicly owned facility, or a ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 61.057 - Mandated Provider
  A public hospital may select one or more providers of health care services. A public hospital may require eligible residents to obtain care from a ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 61.058 - Notification Of Provision Of Nonemergency Services
  (a) A public hospital may require any provider, including a mandated provider, to obtain approval from the hospital before providing nonemergency health care services to ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 61.059 - Notification Of Provision Of Emergency Services
  (a) If a nonmandated provider delivers emergency services to a patient who the provider suspects might be eligible for assistance under this subchapter, the provider ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 61.060 - Payment For Services
  (a) To the extent prescribed by this chapter, a public hospital is liable for health care services provided under this subchapter by any provider, including ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 61.061 - Payment Rates And Limits
  The payment rates and limits prescribed by Sections 61.034 and 61.035 that relate to county services apply to inpatient and outpatient hospital services a public ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 61.062 - Responsibility Of Governmental Entity
  A governmental entity that owns, operates, or leases a public hospital shall provide sufficient funding to the hospital to provide basic health care services. Acts ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 61.063 - Procedure To Change Eligibility Standards Or Services Provided
  (a) A public hospital may not change its eligibility standards to make the standards more restrictive and may not reduce the health care services it ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 61.064 - Transfer Of A Public Hospital
  (a) A governmental entity that owns, operates, or leases a public hospital and that closes, sells, or leases the hospital: (1) has the obligation to ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 61.065 - County Responsibility For Hospital Sold On Or After January 1, 1988
  (a) This section applies to a county that, on or after January 1, 1988, sells to a purchaser that is not a governmental entity a ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 61.066 - Prevention And Detection Of Fraud
  (a) A hospital district may adopt reasonable procedures for minimizing the opportunity for fraud, for establishing and maintaining methods for detecting and identifying situations in ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 62.157 - Telemedicine Medical Services And Telehealth Services For Children With Special Health Care Needs
  Text of section as added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 959, § 5 (a) In providing covered benefits to a child with special health ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 62.157 - Telemedicine Medical Services
  Text of section as added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1255, § 4 (a) In providing covered benefits to a child, a health ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 62.158 - State Taxes
  The commission shall ensure that any experience rebate or profit-sharing for health plan providers under the child health plan is calculated by treating premium, maintenance, ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 62.159 - Disease Management Services
  (a) In this section, "disease management services" means services to assist a child manage a disease or other chronic health condition, such as heart disease, ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 63.001 - Definition
  In this chapter, "commission" means the Health and Human Services Commission. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 235, § 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1999. ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 63.002 - Not An Entitlement
  This chapter does not establish an entitlement to assistance in obtaining health benefits for a child. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 235, § ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 63.003 - Health Benefits Plan Coverage For Certain Children
  The commission shall develop and implement a program to provide health benefits plan coverage for a child who: (1) is a qualified alien, as that ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 63.004 - Benefits Coverage Required
  To the extent possible, the program required by Section 63.003 must provide benefits comparable to the benefits provided under the child health plan program under ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 63.005 - Health Benefits Plan Provider
  (a) A health benefits plan provider under this chapter must: (1) hold a certificate of authority or other appropriate license issued by the Texas Department ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 63.006 - Cost-Sharing Payments
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the commission may not require a child who is provided health benefits plan coverage under Section 63.003 and ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 63.007 - Disallowance Of Matching Funds From Federal Government
  Expenditures made to provide health benefits plan coverage under this chapter may not be included for the purpose of determining the state children's health insurance ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 64.001 - Teaching Hospital Account
  The Texas Department of Health state-owned multi-categorical teaching hospital account is an account in the general revenue fund. Money in the account may be appropriated ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 81.001 - Short Title
  This chapter may be cited as the Communicable Disease Prevention and Control Act. Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 81.002 - Responsibility Of State And Public
  The state has a duty to protect the public health. Each person shall act responsibly to prevent and control communicable disease. Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 81.003 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Communicable disease" means an illness that occurs through the transmission of an infectious agent or its toxic products from a reservoir ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 81.004 - Administration Of Chapter
  (a) The commissioner is responsible for the general statewide administration of this chapter. (b) The board may adopt rules necessary for the effective administration and ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 81.005 - Contracts
  The department may enter into contracts or agreements with persons as necessary to implement this chapter. The contracts or agreements may provide for payment by ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 81.006 - Funds
  The department may seek, receive, and spend appropriations, grants, fees, or donations for the purpose of identifying, reporting, preventing, or controlling communicable diseases or conditions ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 81.007 - Limitation On Liability
  A private individual performing duties in compliance with orders or instructions of the department or a health authority issued under this chapter is not liable ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 81.008 - Communicable Disease In Animals; Exchange Of Information
  The Texas Animal Health Commission and the Texas A&M University Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory shall each adopt by rule a memorandum of understanding with the department ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 81.009 - Exemption From Medical Treatment
  (a) This chapter does not authorize or require the medical treatment of an individual who chooses treatment by prayer or spiritual means as part of ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 81.010 - Interagency Coordinating Council For Hiv And Hepatitis
  (a) In this section, "AIDS" and "HIV" have the meanings assigned by Section 85.002. (b) The Interagency Coordinating Council for HIV and Hepatitis facilitates communication ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 81.011 - Request For Information
  In times of emergency or epidemic declared by the commissioner, the department is authorized to request information pertaining to names, dates of birth, and most ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 81.021 - Board's Duty
  The board shall exercise its power in matters relating to protecting the public health to prevent the introduction of disease into the state. Acts 1989, ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 81.022 - Health Education
  (a) The department may conduct a program of health education for the prevention and control of communicable disease. (b) The department may contract for presentations ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 81.023 - Immunization
  (a) The board shall develop immunization requirements for children. (b) The board shall cooperate with the Department of Protective and Regulatory Services in formulating and ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 81.024 - Reports By Board
  The board shall provide regular reports of the incidence, prevalence, and medical and economic effects of each disease that the board determines is a threatening ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 81.041 - Reportable Diseases
  (a) The board shall identify each communicable disease or health condition that shall be reported under this chapter. (b) The board shall classify each reportable ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 81.042 - Persons Required To Report
  (a) A report under Subsection (b), (c), or (d) shall be made to the local health authority. (b) A dentist or veterinarian licensed to practice ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 81.043 - Records And Reports Of Health Authority
  (a) Each health authority shall keep a record of each case of a reportable disease that is reported to the authority. (b) A health authority ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 81.044 - Reporting Procedures
  (a) The board shall prescribe the form and method of reporting under this chapter, which may be in writing, by telephone, by electronic data transmission, ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 81.045 - Reports Of Death
  (a) A physician who attends a person during the person's last illness shall immediately notify the health authority of the jurisdiction in which the person's ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 81.046 - Confidentiality
  (a) Reports, records, and information furnished to a health authority or the department that relate to cases or suspected cases of diseases or health conditions ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 81.047 - Epidemiological Reports
  Subject to the confidentiality requirements of this chapter, the department shall require epidemiological reports of disease outbreaks and of individual cases of disease suspected or ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 81.048 - Notification Of Emergency Personnel, Peace Officers, Detention Officers, County Jailers, And Fire Fighters
  (a) The board shall: (1) designate certain reportable diseases for notification under this section; and (2) define the conditions that constitute possible exposure to those ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 81.049 - Failure To Report; Criminal Penalty
  (a) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly fails to report a reportable disease or health condition under this subchapter. (b) An offense ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 81.050 - Mandatory Testing Of Persons Suspected Of Exposing Certain Other Persons To Reportable Diseases, Including Hiv Infection
  (a) The board by rule shall prescribe the criteria that constitute exposure to reportable diseases, including HIV infection. The criteria must be based on activities ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 81.051 - Partner Notification Programs; Hiv Infection
  (a) The department shall establish programs for partner notification and referral services. (b) The partner notification services offered by health care providers participating in a ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 81.052 - Reports And Analyses Concerning Aids And Hiv Infection
  (a) The department shall ensure timely and accurate reporting under this chapter of information relating to acquired immune deficiency syndrome and human immunodeficiency virus infection. ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 81.061 - Investigation
  (a) The department shall investigate the causes of communicable disease and methods of prevention. (b) The department may require special investigations of specified cases of ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 81.062 - Witnesses; Documents
  (a) For the purpose of an investigation under Section 81.061(c), the department may administer oaths, summon witnesses, and compel the attendance of a witness or ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 81.063 - Samples
  (a) A person authorized to conduct an investigation under this subchapter may take samples of materials present on the premises, including soil, water, air, unprocessed ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 81.064 - Inspection
  (a) The department or a health authority may enter at reasonable times and inspect within reasonable limits a public place in the performance of that ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 81.065 - Right Of Entry
  (a) For an investigation or inspection, the commissioner, an employee of the department, or a health authority has the right of entry on land or ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 81.066 - Concealing Communicable Disease Or Exposure To Communicable Disease; Criminal Penalty
  (a) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly conceals or attempts to conceal from the department, a health authority, or a peace officer, ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 81.067 - Concealing, Removing, Or Disposing Of An Infected Or Contaminated Animal, Object, Vehicle, Watercraft, Or Aircraft; Criminal Penalty
  (a) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly conceals, removes, or disposes of an infected or contaminated animal, object, vehicle, watercraft, or aircraft ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 81.068 - Refusing Entry Or Inspection; Criminal Penalty
  (a) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly refuses or attempts to refuse entry to the department, a health authority, or a peace ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 81.081 - Board's Duty
  The board shall impose control measures to prevent the spread of disease in the exercise of its power to protect the public health. Acts 1989, ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 81.082 - Administration Of Control Measures
  (a) A health authority has supervisory authority and control over the administration of communicable disease control measures in the health authority's jurisdiction unless specifically preempted ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 81.083 - Application Of Control Measures To Individual
  (a) Any person, including a physician, who examines or treats an individual who has a communicable disease shall instruct the individual about: (1) measures for ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 81.084 - Application Of Control Measures To Property
  (a) If the department or a health authority has reasonable cause to believe that property in its jurisdiction is or may be infected or contaminated ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 81.085 - Area Quarantine; Criminal Penalty
  (a) If an outbreak of communicable disease occurs in this state, the commissioner or one or more health authorities may impose an area quarantine coextensive ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 81.086 - Application Of Control Measures To Private And Common Carriers And Private Conveyances
  (a) This section applies to any private or common carrier or private conveyance, including a vehicle, aircraft, or watercraft, while the vehicle or craft is ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 81.087 - Violation Of Control Measure Orders; Criminal Penalty
  (a) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly refuses to perform or allow the performance of certain control measures ordered by a health ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 81.088 - Removal, Alteration, Or Destruction Of Quarantine Devices; Criminal Penalty
  (a) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly or intentionally: (1) removes, alters, or attempts to remove or alter an object the person ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 81.089 - Transportation; Criminal Penalty
  (a) A person commits an offense if, before notifying the department or health authority at a port of entry or a place of first landing ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 81.090 - Serologic Testing During Pregnancy
  (a) A physician or other person permitted by law to attend a pregnant woman during gestation or at delivery of an infant shall: (1) take ...
• Texas Health & Safety Code Section 81.091 - Ophthalmia Neonatorum Prevention; Criminal Penalty
  (a) A physician, nurse, midwife, or other person in attenda