Tex. Health & Safety Code § 777.010 · Chapter 777. REGIONAL POISON CONTROL CENTERS
OUT-OF-REGION SERVICES; SERVICES FOR PRIVATE ENTITIES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) On approval by and in coordination with the governor, the Commission on State Emergency Communications may enter into a contract for the provision of telephone referral and information services or any program or service described by Section 777.003 to any person, including:
(1) another state or a political subdivision of another state; and
(2) another country or a political subdivision of another country.
(b) The Commission on State Emergency Communications shall contract with one or more regional poison control centers to provide the services required under a contract entered into under Subsection (a). The commission may not enter into a contract under this subsection if, in the opinion of the commission, the regional poison control center's performance of the contract would result in a diminishment in the services provided in the region.
(c) A contract described by Subsection (a) must recover the cost of providing the services and may include a reasonable additional amount to support poison control center services in this state. Revenue from a contract described by Subsection (a) must be deposited to the credit of the regional poison control services account.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 41, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Amended by:
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 347 (H.B. 1093), Sec. 7, eff. September 1, 2009.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.777.htm
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