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TX Health & Safety Code § 75.104 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 2 - Health|Subtitle C - Programs Providing Health Care Benefits and Services|Chapter 75 - Regional or Local Health Care Programs for Employees of Small Employers|Subchapter C. Health Care Services and Benefits|Section 75.104. Health Care Services

Sec. 75.104.  HEALTH CARE SERVICES.  (a)  A regional or local health care program may contract with health care providers within the boundaries of the participating county or counties to provide health care services directly to the employees of participating small employers and the dependents of those employees.(b)  A regional or local health care program shall allow any individual who receives state premium assistance to buy into the health benefit plan offered by the regional or local health care program.(c)  A governing body that operates a regional or local health care program under this section may require that participating employees and dependents obtain health care services only from health care providers that contract to provide those services under the program and may limit the health care services provided under the program to services provided within the boundaries of the participating county or counties.(d)  A governing body operating a regional or local health care program operated under this section is not an insurer or health maintenance organization and the program is not subject to regulation by the Texas Department of Insurance.|Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 268 (S.B. 10), Sec. 13(a), eff. September 1, 2007.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 75.151 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 2 - Health|Subtitle C - Programs Providing Health Care Benefits and Services|Chapter 75 - Regional or Local Health Care Programs for Employees of Small Employers|Subchapter D. Texas Health Opportunity Pool Funds|Section 75.151. Definition

Sec. 75.151.  DEFINITION.  In this subchapter, "health opportunity pool trust fund" means the trust fund established under Subchapter N, Chapter 531, Government Code.|Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 268 (S.B. 10), Sec. 13(a), eff. September 1, 2007.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 75.152 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 2 - Health|Subtitle C - Programs Providing Health Care Benefits and Services|Chapter 75 - Regional or Local Health Care Programs for Employees of Small Employers|Subchapter D. Texas Health Opportunity Pool Funds|Section 75.152. Funding Authorized

Sec. 75.152.  FUNDING AUTHORIZED.  Notwithstanding any other law, a regional or local health care program may apply for funding from the health opportunity pool trust fund and the fund may provide funding in accordance with this subchapter.|Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 268 (S.B. 10), Sec. 13(a), eff. September 1, 2007.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 75.153 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 2 - Health|Subtitle C - Programs Providing Health Care Benefits and Services|Chapter 75 - Regional or Local Health Care Programs for Employees of Small Employers|Subchapter D. Texas Health Opportunity Pool Funds|Section 75.153. Eligibility for Funds; Statewide Eligibility Criteria

Sec. 75.153.  ELIGIBILITY FOR FUNDS; STATEWIDE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA.  To be eligible for funding from money in the health opportunity pool trust fund, a regional or local health care program must:(1)  comply with any requirement imposed under the waiver obtained under Section 531.502, Government Code, including, to the extent applicable, any requirement that health care benefits or services provided under the program be provided in accordance with statewide eligibility criteria; and(2)  provide health care benefits or services under the program to a person receiving premium payment assistance for health benefits coverage through a program established under Section 531.507, Government Code, regardless of whether the person is an employee, or dependent of an employee, of a small employer.|Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 268 (S.B. 10), Sec. 13(a), eff. September 1, 2007.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 81.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 2 - Health|Subtitle D - Prevention, Control, and Reports of Diseases; Public Health Disasters and Emergencies|Chapter 81 - Communicable Diseases; Public Health Disasters; Public Health Emergencies|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 81.001. Short Title

Sec. 81.001.  SHORT TITLE.  This chapter may be cited as the Communicable Disease Prevention and Control Act.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 81.002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 2 - Health|Subtitle D - Prevention, Control, and Reports of Diseases; Public Health Disasters and Emergencies|Chapter 81 - Communicable Diseases; Public Health Disasters; Public Health Emergencies|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 81.002. Responsibility of State and Public

Sec. 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., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 81.004 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 2 - Health|Subtitle D - Prevention, Control, and Reports of Diseases; Public Health Disasters and Emergencies|Chapter 81 - Communicable Diseases; Public Health Disasters; Public Health Emergencies|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 81.004. Administration of Chapter

Sec. 81.004.  ADMINISTRATION OF CHAPTER.  (a)  The commissioner is responsible for the general statewide administration of this chapter.(b)  The executive commissioner may adopt rules necessary for the effective administration and implementation of this chapter.(c)  A designee of the executive commissioner may exercise a power granted to or perform a duty imposed on the executive commissioner under this chapter except as otherwise required by law.(d)  A designee of the commissioner may exercise a power granted to or perform a duty imposed on the commissioner under this chapter except as otherwise required by law.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.  Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 198, Sec. 2.168, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0217, eff. April 2, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 81.005 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 2 - Health|Subtitle D - Prevention, Control, and Reports of Diseases; Public Health Disasters and Emergencies|Chapter 81 - Communicable Diseases; Public Health Disasters; Public Health Emergencies|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 81.005. Contracts

Sec. 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 the state for materials, equipment, and services.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 81.006 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 2 - Health|Subtitle D - Prevention, Control, and Reports of Diseases; Public Health Disasters and Emergencies|Chapter 81 - Communicable Diseases; Public Health Disasters; Public Health Emergencies|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 81.006. Funds

Sec. 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 determined to be injurious or to be a threat to the public health subject to any limitations or conditions prescribed by the legislature.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 81.007 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 2 - Health|Subtitle D - Prevention, Control, and Reports of Diseases; Public Health Disasters and Emergencies|Chapter 81 - Communicable Diseases; Public Health Disasters; Public Health Emergencies|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 81.007. Limitation on Liability

Sec. 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 for the death of or injury to a person or for damage to property, except in a case of wilful misconduct or gross negligence.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 81.008 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 2 - Health|Subtitle D - Prevention, Control, and Reports of Diseases; Public Health Disasters and Emergencies|Chapter 81 - Communicable Diseases; Public Health Disasters; Public Health Emergencies|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 81.008. Communicable Disease in Animals; Exchange of Information

Sec. 81.008.  COMMUNICABLE DISEASE IN ANIMALS;  EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION.  The Texas Animal Health Commission and the Texas A&M University Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory shall each adopt by rule a memorandum of understanding, adopted also by rule by the executive commissioner, governing the exchange of information on communicable diseases in animals between the department and those entities.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0218, eff. April 2, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 81.009 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 2 - Health|Subtitle D - Prevention, Control, and Reports of Diseases; Public Health Disasters and Emergencies|Chapter 81 - Communicable Diseases; Public Health Disasters; Public Health Emergencies|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 81.009. Exemption From Medical Treatment

Sec. 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 the tenets and practices of a recognized church of which the individual is an adherent or member.  However, the individual may be isolated or quarantined in an appropriate facility and shall obey the rules, orders, and instructions of the department or health authority while in isolation or quarantine.(b)  An exemption from medical treatment under this section does not apply during an emergency or an area quarantine or after the issuance by the governor of an executive order or a proclamation under Chapter 418, Government Code (Texas Disaster Act of 1975).|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 81.011 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 2 - Health|Subtitle D - Prevention, Control, and Reports of Diseases; Public Health Disasters and Emergencies|Chapter 81 - Communicable Diseases; Public Health Disasters; Public Health Emergencies|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 81.011. Request for Information

Sec. 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 recent addresses of individuals from the driver's license records of the Department of Public Safety for the purpose of notification to individuals of the need to receive certain immunizations or diagnostic, evaluation, or treatment services for suspected communicable diseases.|Added by Acts 1991, 72th Leg., ch. 898, Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 1991.Redesignated from Health and Safety Code Sec. 81.023, subsec. (d) and amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 198, Sec. 2.169, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 81.012 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 2 - Health|Subtitle D - Prevention, Control, and Reports of Diseases; Public Health Disasters and Emergencies|Chapter 81 - Communicable Diseases; Public Health Disasters; Public Health Emergencies|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 81.012. Designated Infection Control Officer

Sec. 81.012.  DESIGNATED INFECTION CONTROL OFFICER.  (a)  An entity that employs or uses the services of an emergency response employee or volunteer shall nominate a designated infection control officer and an alternate designated infection control officer to:(1)  receive notification of a potential exposure to a reportable disease from a health care facility;(2)  notify the appropriate health care providers of a potential exposure to a reportable disease;(3)  act as a liaison between the entity's emergency response employees or volunteers who may have been exposed to a reportable disease during the course and scope of employment or service as a volunteer and the destination hospital of the patient who was the source of the potential exposure;(4)  investigate and evaluate an exposure incident, using current evidence-based information on the possible risks of communicable disease presented by the exposure incident; and(5)  monitor all follow-up treatment provided to the affected emergency response employee or volunteer, in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local law.(b)  The executive commissioner by rule shall prescribe the qualifications required for a person to be eligible to be designated as an infection control officer under this section.  The qualifications must include a requirement that the person be trained as a health care provider or have training in the control of infectious and communicable diseases.(c)  The entity that employs or uses the services of an emergency response employee or volunteer is responsible for notifying the local health authorities or local health care facilities, according to any local rules or procedures, that the entity has a designated infection control officer or alternate designated infection control officer.|Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1278 (S.B. 1574), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 81.013 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 2 - Health|Subtitle D - Prevention, Control, and Reports of Diseases; Public Health Disasters and Emergencies|Chapter 81 - Communicable Diseases; Public Health Disasters; Public Health Emergencies|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 81.013. Consideration of Federal Law and Regulations

Sec. 81.013.  CONSIDERATION OF FEDERAL LAW AND REGULATIONS.  The executive commissioner shall review the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act of 2009 (Pub. L. No. 111-87) or any successor law and any regulations adopted under the law and determine whether adopting by rule any part of the federal law or regulations is in the best interest of the state to further achieve the purposes of this chapter.  If the executive commissioner determines that adopting the federal law or regulations is in the best interest of the state to further achieve the purposes of this chapter, the executive commissioner may by rule adopt all or a part of the federal law or regulations.|Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1278 (S.B. 1574), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 81.014 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 2 - Health|Subtitle D - Prevention, Control, and Reports of Diseases; Public Health Disasters and Emergencies|Chapter 81 - Communicable Diseases; Public Health Disasters; Public Health Emergencies|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 81.014. Long-Term Care Facility Infection Prevention and Control Program

Sec. 81.014.  LONG-TERM CARE FACILITY INFECTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL PROGRAM.  Each long-term care facility's infection prevention and control program must include:(1)  monitoring of key infectious agents, including multidrug-resistant organisms; and(2)  procedures for making rapid influenza diagnostic tests available to facility residents.|Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 786 (H.B. 1848), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2019.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 81.015 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 2 - Health|Subtitle D - Prevention, Control, and Reports of Diseases; Public Health Disasters and Emergencies|Chapter 81 - Communicable Diseases; Public Health Disasters; Public Health Emergencies|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 81.015. Antimicrobial Stewardship Regional Advisory Committees

Sec. 81.015.  ANTIMICROBIAL STEWARDSHIP REGIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEES.  (a)  The department shall establish a regional advisory committee in each public health region designated under Section 121.007 to address antimicrobial stewardship in long-term care facilities and to improve antimicrobial stewardship through collaborative action.(b)  A regional advisory committee established under this section must include: (1)  physicians;(2)  directors of nursing or equivalent consultants with long-term care facilities;(3)  public health officials knowledgeable about antimicrobial stewardship; and(4)  other interested parties.|Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 786 (H.B. 1848), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2019.|Text of section as added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 842 (S.B. 437), Sec. 1For text of section as added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 864 (S.B. 969), Sec. 1, see other Sec. 81.016.For expiration of this section, see Subsection (d).
TX Health & Safety Code § 81.016 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 2 - Health|Subtitle D - Prevention, Control, and Reports of Diseases; Public Health Disasters and Emergencies|Chapter 81 - Communicable Diseases; Public Health Disasters; Public Health Emergencies|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 81.016. Personal Protective Equipment Reserve Advisory Committee

Sec. 81.016.  PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT RESERVE ADVISORY COMMITTEE.  (a) In this section, "division" means the Texas Division of Emergency Management.(b)  The division shall establish the Personal Protective Equipment Reserve Advisory Committee composed of the following members appointed by the division:(1)  one representative of an association representing different types of hospitals and health systems;(2)  one representative of an association representing nursing facilities;(3)  one representative of an association representing primary care clinics;(4)  one representative of an association representing nurses;(5)  one representative of an association representing home hospice care providers;(6)  one representative of a statewide association representing physicians;(7)  two representatives of labor organizations that represent essential personnel;(8)  one representative from the personal protective equipment manufacturing industry;(9)  one consumer representative;(10)  one representative from an association representing counties;(11)  one representative of a regional advisory council from one of this state's trauma service areas;(12)  one representative from the department;(13)  one representative from the division; and(14)  one representative from the commission.(c)  The advisory committee shall make recommendations to the division as necessary on:(1)  the procurements needed for a statewide personal protective equipment reserve;(2)  the storage of the equipment in the reserve; and(3)  the distribution of the equipment to health care workers and essential personnel.(d)  This section expires and the advisory committee is abolished September 1, 2023.|Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 842 (S.B. 437), Sec. 1, eff. June 16, 2021.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 81.016 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 2 - Health|Subtitle D - Prevention, Control, and Reports of Diseases; Public Health Disasters and Emergencies|Chapter 81 - Communicable Diseases; Public Health Disasters; Public Health Emergencies|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 81.016. Availability of Data Regarding Public Health Disaster

Text of section as added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 864 (S.B. 969), Sec. 1For text of section as added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 842 (S.B. 437), Sec. 1, see other Sec. 81.016.Sec. 81.016.  AVAILABILITY OF DATA REGARDING PUBLIC HEALTH DISASTER.  During a public health disaster, the department shall timely make available to the public on the department's Internet website, in an easy-to-read format, all available de-identified public health data regarding the public health disaster.  The department must present data related to individuals as summary statistics consistent with the confidentiality provisions of Sections 81.046, 161.0073, and 161.008.|Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 864 (S.B. 969), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2021.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 81.021 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 2 - Health|Subtitle D - Prevention, Control, and Reports of Diseases; Public Health Disasters and Emergencies|Chapter 81 - Communicable Diseases; Public Health Disasters; Public Health Emergencies|Subchapter B. Prevention and Preparedness|Section 81.021. Protection of Public Health

Sec. 81.021.  PROTECTION OF PUBLIC HEALTH.  The executive commissioner and department shall exercise their powers in matters relating to protecting the public health to prevent the introduction of disease into the state.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0220, eff. April 2, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 81.022 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 2 - Health|Subtitle D - Prevention, Control, and Reports of Diseases; Public Health Disasters and Emergencies|Chapter 81 - Communicable Diseases; Public Health Disasters; Public Health Emergencies|Subchapter B. Prevention and Preparedness|Section 81.022. Health Education

Sec. 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 to increase the public awareness of individual actions needed to prevent and control communicable disease.  The types of presentations include mass media productions, outdoor display advertising, newspaper advertising, literature, bulletins, pamphlets, posters, and audiovisual displays.(c)  The department shall recommend a public school health curriculum to the State Board of Education.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 81.023 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 2 - Health|Subtitle D - Prevention, Control, and Reports of Diseases; Public Health Disasters and Emergencies|Chapter 81 - Communicable Diseases; Public Health Disasters; Public Health Emergencies|Subchapter B. Prevention and Preparedness|Section 81.023. Immunization

Sec. 81.023.  IMMUNIZATION.  (a)  The department shall develop immunization requirements for children.(b)  The department shall cooperate with the Department of Family and Protective Services in formulating and implementing the immunization requirements for children admitted to child-care facilities.(c)  The department shall cooperate with the State Board of Education in formulating and implementing immunization requirements for students admitted to public or private primary or secondary schools.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.  Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 898, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1991;  Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 8.075, eff. Sept. 1, 1995;  Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 198, Sec. 2.169, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0221, eff. April 2, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 81.024 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 2 - Health|Subtitle D - Prevention, Control, and Reports of Diseases; Public Health Disasters and Emergencies|Chapter 81 - Communicable Diseases; Public Health Disasters; Public Health Emergencies|Subchapter B. Prevention and Preparedness|Section 81.024. Reports by Department

Sec. 81.024.  REPORTS BY DEPARTMENT.  The department shall provide regular reports of the incidence, prevalence, and medical and economic effects of each disease that the department determines is a threatening risk to the public health.  A disease may be a risk because of its indirect complications.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0222, eff. April 2, 2015.|