Texas Health and Safety Code

§ 121.103 — GENERAL DUTIES

HS § 121.103Title 2. HEALTH · Part F. LOCAL REGULATION OF PUBLIC HEALTH · Ch. 121. LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH REORGANIZATION ACT · Art. F. PUBLIC HEALTH CONSORTIUM

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(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, shall:

(1)develop curricula to provide training to public health workers;

(2)conduct research on improving health status outcomes and methods of monitoring those outcomes;

(3)develop performance standards for local health units, local health departments, and public health districts;

(4)develop competency certification standards for public health workers; and

(5)study the technology infrastructure available to local health units, local health departments, and public health districts and improve the use of this infrastructure to permit:

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1378, Sec. 6, eff. June 19, 1999.