Tex. Health & Safety Code § 161.0213 · Subchapter C. PROVISION OF INFORMATION RELATING TO CERTAIN HEALTH CONDITIONS
CONFIDENTIALITY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Reports, records, and information furnished to the commissioner or the commissioner's designee or the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality that relate to an epidemiologic or toxicologic investigation of human illnesses or conditions and of environmental exposures that are harmful or believed to be harmful to the public health are not public information under Chapter 552, Government Code, and are subject to the same confidentiality requirements as described by Section 81.046.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 34, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 5.95(88), eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0469, eff. April 2, 2015.
Source of truth
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.161.htm
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