Texas Health and Safety Code

§ 87.021 — SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; REGISTRY ESTABLISHED

HS § 87.021Title 2. HEALTH · Part D. PREVENTION, CONTROL, AND REPORTS OF DISEASES; PUBLIC HEALTH DISASTERS AND EMERGENCIES · Ch. 87. BIRTH DEFECTS · Art. B. BIRTH DEFECTS MONITORING PROGRAM

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(a)The executive commissioner shall establish in the department a program to:

(1)identify and investigate certain birth defects in children; and

(2)maintain a central registry of cases of birth defects.

(b)The executive commissioner may authorize the department to implement a statewide program or to limit the program to a part or all of one or more public health regions, depending on the funding available to the department. In establishing the program, the executive commissioner shall consider:

(1)the number and geographic distribution of births in the state;

(2)the trained personnel and other departmental resources that may be assigned to the program activities; and

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Legislative history

Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0295, eff. April 2, 2015.