Tex. Health & Safety Code § 85.015 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS AND EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS
CONTRACT FOR SERVICES; DURATION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The department may contract with an entity to provide the services required by Subchapters A through F if:
(1) the contract would minimize duplication of effort and would deliver services cost-effectively; and
(2) the contracting entity does not advocate or promote conduct that violates state law.
(b) Subsection (a)(2) does not restrict the inclusion in educational materials of accurate information about ways to reduce the risk of exposure to or transmission of HIV.
(c) The department may audit an entity contracting with the department under Subsection (a).
(d) The department may seek, accept, and spend funds from state, federal, local, and private entities to carry out Subsections (a) through (c).
(e) A contract entered into by the department under this subchapter may not be for a term of more than one year, except that a contract may be renewed without a public hearing.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 14, Sec. 36, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0272, 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.85.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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