Tex. Health & Safety Code § 88.0025 · Chapter 88. REPORTS OF CHILDHOOD LEAD POISONING
CHILDHOOD LEAD POISONING PREVENTION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
The executive commissioner may adopt policies and procedures to promote the elimination of childhood lead poisoning within the state, and the department shall implement all adopted policies and procedures. The executive commissioner may adopt measures to:
(1) significantly reduce the incidence of childhood lead poisoning throughout the state;
(2) improve public awareness of lead safety issues and educate both property owners and tenants about practices that can reduce the incidence of lead poisoning; and
(3) encourage the testing of children likely to suffer the consequences of lead poisoning so that prompt diagnosis and treatment and the prevention of harm are possible.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 740, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0302, 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.88.htm
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- 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
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