Tex. Health & Safety Code § 100.001 · Chapter 100. EMERGING AND NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES
DEFINITIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
In this chapter:
(1) "Emerging disease" means a disease that is appearing in a specific population for the first time or that is increasing in incidence or geographic range.
(2) "Health facility" includes:
(A) a general or special hospital licensed by the department under Chapter 241;
(B) a physician-owned or physician-operated clinic;
(C) a publicly or privately funded medical school;
(D) a state hospital or state school maintained and managed by the department or the Department of Aging and Disability Services;
(E) a public health clinic conducted by a local health unit, health department, or public health district organized and recognized under Chapter 121; and
(F) another facility specified by a rule adopted by the executive commissioner.
(3) "Local health unit" has the meaning assigned by Section 121.004.
(4) "Neglected tropical disease" means a parasitic or bacterial disease that:
(A) occurs solely or principally in the tropics;
(B) is largely endemic in the developing world; and
(C) has a potential to spread through international travel or trade.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 758 (H.B. 2055), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2015.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.100.htm
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