Texas Health and Safety Code
§ 81.051 — PARTNER NOTIFICATION PROGRAMS; HIV INFECTION
HS § 81.051Title 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 department shall establish programs for partner notification and referral services.
(b)The partner notification services offered by health care providers participating in a program shall be made available and easily accessible to all persons with clinically validated HIV seropositive status.
(c)If a person with HIV infection voluntarily discloses the name of a partner, that information is confidential. Partner names may be used only for field investigation and notification.
(d)An employee of a partner notification program shall make the notification. The employee shall inform the person who is named as a partner of the:
(1)methods of transmission and prevention of HIV infection;
(2)telephone numbers and addresses of HIV antibody testing sites; and
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Legislative history
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0229, eff. April 2, 2015.