Texas Health and Safety Code
§ 81.044 — REPORTING PROCEDURES
HS § 81.044Title 2. HEALTH · Part D. PREVENTION, CONTROL, AND REPORTS OF DISEASES; PUBLIC HEALTH DISASTERS AND EMERGENCIES · Ch. 81. COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; PUBLIC HEALTH DISASTERS; PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCIES · Art. C. REPORTS AND REPORTABLE DISEASES
Statute text
View on source(a)The executive commissioner shall prescribe the form and method of reporting under this chapter by electronic data transmission, through a health information exchange as defined by Section 182.151 if requested and authorized by the person required to report, or by other means.
(b)The executive commissioner may require the reports to contain any information relating to a case that is necessary for the purposes of this chapter, including:
(1)the patient's name, address, age, sex, race, and occupation;
(2)the date of onset of the disease or condition;
(3)the probable source of infection; and
(4)the name of the attending physician or dentist. (b-1) In this subsection, "cycle threshold value" means for a communicable disease test the number of thermal cycles required for the fluorescent signal to exceed that of the background and cross the threshold for a positive test. The executive commissioner shall require the reports of polymerase chain reaction tests from clinical or hospital laboratories to contain the cycle threshold values and their reference ranges.
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Legislative history
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 447 (H.B. 246), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2007. Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0226, eff. April 2, 2015. Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1085 (H.B. 2641), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2015. Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 863 (S.B. 968), Sec. 10, eff. June 16, 2021. Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 864 (S.B. 969), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2021.