Tex. Health & Safety Code § 161.044 · Subchapter E. REPORTS OF GUNSHOT WOUNDS AND CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE OVERDOSES
CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE OVERDOSE INFORMATION REPOSITORY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The department shall maintain a central repository for the collection and analysis of information relating to incidents of a controlled substance overdose for which a physician or other person is required to report to the department under Section 161.042. The department may not include in the repository any information the physician or other person is precluded from reporting under that section.
(b) The department shall release statistical information contained in the central repository on the request of a medical professional or representative of a law enforcement agency.
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History
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 38, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
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