Tex. Health & Safety Code § 88.007 · Chapter 88. REPORTS OF CHILDHOOD LEAD POISONING
DEPARTMENT RULES FOR FOLLOW-UP CARE; COORDINATION OF CARE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The executive commissioner may adopt rules establishing standards for follow-up care provided to children with a confirmed blood lead level that exceeds the reference level.
(b) Rules adopted under this section must meet any federal requirements for coordinated follow-up care for children with confirmed blood lead levels that exceed the reference level and may include, in a manner consistent with current federal guidelines:
(1) an environmental lead investigation of all or parts of a child's home environment, child-care facility, or child-occupied facility that may be a source of a lead hazard causing or contributing to the child's lead exposure; and
(2) guidance to parents, guardians, and consulting physicians on how to eliminate or control lead exposures that may be contributing to the child's blood lead level.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 398 (S.B. 814), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2007.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0307, eff. April 2, 2015.
Source of truth
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- 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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- 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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