Tex. Health & Safety Code § 33.053 · Subchapter D. NEWBORN SCREENING PRESERVATION ACCOUNT
DEDICATED USE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The department may use any money remaining in the account after paying the costs of operating the newborn screening program established under this chapter only to:
(1) pay the costs of offering additional newborn screening tests not offered under this chapter before September 1, 2019, including the operational costs incurred during the first year of implementing the additional tests; and
(2) pay for capital assets, equipment, and renovations for the laboratory established by the department to ensure the continuous operation of the newborn screening program.
(b) The department may not use money from the account for the department's general operating expenses.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 599 (S.B. 747), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2019.
Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 973 (S.B. 748), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2019.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.33.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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