Tex. Health & Safety Code § 81.092 · Subchapter E. CONTROL; PUBLIC HEALTH DISASTERS; PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCIES
CONTRACTS FOR SERVICES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
The department may contract with a physician to provide services to persons infected or reasonably suspected of being infected with a sexually transmitted disease or tuberculosis if:
(1) local or regional health department services are not available;
(2) the person in need of examination or treatment is unable to pay for the services; and
(3) there is an immediate need for examination or treatment of the person.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
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
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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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