Texas Health And Safety Code Title 2, Chapter 121 - Local Public Health Reorganization Act

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 121.001 - Short Title
  This chapter may be cited as the Local Public Health Reorganization Act. Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
• Texas Section 121.002 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Essential public health services" means services to: (A) monitor the health status of individuals in the community to identify community health...
• Texas Section 121.003 - Powers Of Municipalities And Counties
  (a) The governing body of a municipality or the commissioners court of a county may enforce any law that is reasonably necessary to protect the...
• Texas Section 121.0035 - Regulation Of Mobile Food Units And Roadside Food Vendors In Certain Populous Areas
  (a) In this section, "mobile food unit" and "roadside food vendor" have the meanings assigned under Section 437.001. (b) A municipality with a population of...
• Texas Section 121.004 - Local Health Units
  A local health unit is a division of municipal or county government that provides public health services but does not provide each service listed under...
• Texas Section 121.005 - State And Local Affiliation; Contracts
  (a) A local health unit, local health department, or public health district may become affiliated with the department to facilitate the exchange of information and...
• Texas Section 121.006 - Public Health Services Fees; State Support
  (a) The governing body of a municipality, the commissioners court of a county, or the administrative board of a public health district may adopt ordinances...
• Texas Section 121.0065 - Grants For Essential Public Health Services
  (a) Subject to the availability of funds, the department shall administer a program under which appropriated money may be granted to counties, municipalities, public health...
• Texas Section 121.0066 - Essential Public Health Services Provided By Department
  (a) Subject to the availability of funds, the department may provide essential public health services for a population for which a municipality, county, public health...
• Texas Section 121.007 - Public Health Regions
  (a) The department may designate geographic areas of the state as public health regions to provide public health services. (b) The department shall appoint a...

SUBCHAPTER B HEALTH AUTHORITIES

• Texas Section 121.008 - Annual Conference
  (a) The department shall hold an annual conference for health authorities and for directors of local health departments and public health districts. The commissioner or...
• Texas Section 121.021 - Health Authority
  A health authority is a physician appointed under the provisions of this chapter to administer state and local laws relating to public health within the...
• Texas Section 121.022 - Qualifications
  (a) A health authority must be: (1) a competent physician with a reputable professional standing who is legally qualified to practice medicine in this state;...
• Texas Section 121.023 - Term Of Office
  A health authority serves for a term of two years and may be appointed to successive terms. Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1,...
• Texas Section 121.024 - Duties
  (a) A health authority is a state officer when performing duties prescribed by state law. (b) A health authority shall perform each duty that is:...

SUBCHAPTER C MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES WITHOUT ORGANIZED LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENTS OR DISTRICTS

• Texas Section 121.025 - Removal From Office
  A health authority may be removed from office for cause under the personnel procedures applicable to the heads of departments of the local government that...
• Texas Section 121.028 - Appointment Of Health Authority
  (a) The governing body of a municipality or the commissioners court of a county that has not established a local health department or a public...

SUBCHAPTER D LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENTS

• Texas Section 121.029 - Delegation Of Authority
  (a) A health authority, unless otherwise restricted by law, may delegate a power or duty imposed on the health authority by the department, or by...
• Texas Section 121.031 - Establishment
  The governing body of a municipality or the commissioners court of a county may establish a local health department by majority vote. Acts 1989, 71st...
• Texas Section 121.032 - Powers And Duties
  A local health department may perform all public health functions that the municipality or county that establishes the local health department may perform. Acts 1989,...
• Texas Section 121.033 - Department Director
  (a) The governing body of a municipality or the commissioners court of a county shall appoint the director of the municipality's or county's local health...
• Texas Section 121.0331 - Delegation Of Authority
  (a) A health authority, unless otherwise restricted by law, may delegate a power or duty imposed on the health authority by the department, or by...

SUBCHAPTER E PUBLIC HEALTH DISTRICTS

• Texas Section 121.034 - Public Health Board
  (a) The governing body of a municipality that establishes a local health department may provide for the creation of an administrative or advisory public health...
• Texas Section 121.041 - Establishment
  By a majority vote of each governing body, a public health district may be established by: (1) two or more counties; (2) two or more...
• Texas Section 121.042 - Admission To District
  (a) Any governmental entity, including a school district, may apply to become a member of a public health district. (b) The governing body of each...
• Texas Section 121.043 - Powers And Duties
  (a) A public health district may perform any public health function that any of its members may perform unless otherwise restricted by law. (b) For...
• Texas Section 121.044 - Cooperative Agreement
  (a) The members of a public health district shall prepare a written cooperative agreement that sets out fully the terms of operation of the district....
• Texas Section 121.045 - District Director
  (a) The members of a public health district shall appoint the director of the district. (b) The director is the chief administrative officer of the...
• Texas Section 121.0451 - Delegation Of Authority
  (a) A health authority, unless otherwise restricted by law, may delegate a power or duty imposed on the health authority by the department, or by...
• Texas Section 121.046 - Public Health Board
  (a) The cooperative agreement of a public health district may provide for the creation of an advisory or administrative public health board. (b) An advisory...

SUBCHAPTER F PUBLIC HEALTH CONSORTIUM

• Texas Section 121.047 - Finances
  The members of a public health district shall pay the costs necessary to operate the district, including costs for: (1) staff salaries; (2) supplies; (3)...
• Texas Section 121.101 - Definition
  In this chapter, "consortium" means the public health consortium established under this subchapter. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1378, Sec. 6, eff. June...
• Texas Section 121.102 - Consortium Established
  Subject to availability of funds, the department shall establish a public health consortium composed of: (1) The University of Texas Health Science Center at San...
• Texas Section 121.103 - General Duties
  (a) Subject to the availability of funds, the department, in consultation with the consortium and local health units, local health departments, and public health districts,...

Last modified: September 28, 2016