Tex. Health & Safety Code § 81.041 · Subchapter C. REPORTS AND REPORTABLE DISEASES
REPORTABLE DISEASES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The executive commissioner shall identify each communicable disease or health condition that shall be reported under this chapter.
(b) The executive commissioner shall classify each reportable disease according to its nature and the severity of its effect on the public health.
(c) The executive commissioner shall maintain and revise as necessary the list of reportable diseases.
(d) The executive commissioner may establish registries for reportable diseases and other communicable diseases and health conditions. The provision to the department of information relating to a communicable disease or health condition that is not classified as reportable is voluntary only.
(e) Acquired immune deficiency syndrome and human immunodeficiency virus infection are reportable diseases under this chapter for which the executive commissioner shall require reports.
(f) In a public health disaster, the commissioner may require reports of communicable diseases or other health conditions from providers without the adoption of a rule or other action by the executive commissioner. The commissioner shall issue appropriate instructions relating to complying with the reporting requirements of this section.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 198, Sec. 2.170, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0223, eff. April 2, 2015.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.81.htm
- Text hash
- sha256 3b959b63448b701ba7d16c75e66ca12b0dcc0ca1223db4d80a535ce790f4ff23
- Composed by
- 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
Cited by 2 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Health & Safety Code § 81.041. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Procedural information only. Not legal advice and not a substitute for the advice of an attorney. Confirm the current text with the official publisher before relying on it.