Tex. Gov't Code § 418.255 · Subchapter I. WELLNESS CHECKS FOR MEDICALLY FRAGILE INDIVIDUALS DURING CERTAIN EMERGENCIES
EVENTS REQUIRING WELLNESS CHECKS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The division, in collaboration with the commission and the department, shall adopt rules regarding which events require a wellness check, including:
(1) an extended power, water, or gas outage;
(2) a state of disaster declared under this chapter; or
(3) any other event considered necessary by the commission, the department, or the division.
(b) If more than one disaster is declared for the same event, or the same event qualifies as an event requiring a wellness check for multiple reasons under Subsection (a), only one wellness check is required to be conducted under this subchapter.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 863 (S.B. 968), Sec. 5, eff. June 16, 2021.
Redesignated by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 768 (H.B. 4595), Sec. 24.001(17), eff. September 1, 2023.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.418.htm
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