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Texas Health and Safety Code

§ 81.0445 — PROVISION OF INFORMATION TO PUBLIC DURING PUBLIC HEALTH DISASTER

HS § 81.0445Title 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

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(a)This section applies only to information related to a reportable disease for which a public health disaster is declared.
(b)The department and each trauma service area regional advisory council shall make publicly available in accordance with Subsection (c) the information a hospital is required to report to the department and regional advisory council under Section 81.0444. The department and each regional advisory council shall ensure that information released under this subsection does not contain any personally identifiable information.
(c)The department shall collaborate and coordinate with local health departments to ensure that all information covering a reporting period is released to the public in a timely manner.
(d)The department shall develop and publish on its Internet website monthly compliance reports for laboratories reporting during a public health disaster. Each compliance report, at a minimum, must include:
(1)the number of laboratory reports the department receives by electronic data transmission;
(2)the number of incomplete information fields in the laboratory reports;

Legislative history

Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 864 (S.B. 969), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2021.

Source: Texas Health and Safety Code § 81.0445 from the Texas Constitution and Statutes (Texas Legislature) (public record). DecisionDepot is for informational use only and is not legal advice — verify against the official source before relying on this text.