Tex. Health & Safety Code § 94.001 · Chapter 94. STATE PLAN FOR HEPATITIS C; EDUCATION AND PREVENTION PROGRAM
STATE PLAN FOR HEPATITIS C.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The department shall develop a state plan for prevention and treatment of hepatitis C. The plan must include strategies for prevention and treatment of hepatitis C in specific demographic groups that are disproportionately affected by hepatitis C, including persons infected with HIV, veterans, racial or ethnic minorities that suffer a higher incidence of hepatitis C, and persons who engage in high risk behavior, such as intravenous drug use.
(b) In developing the plan, the department shall seek the input of:
(1) the public, including members of the public that have hepatitis C;
(2) each state agency that provides services to persons with hepatitis C or the functions of which otherwise involve hepatitis C, including any appropriate health and human services agency described by Section 521.0001, Government Code;
(3) any advisory body that addresses issues related to hepatitis C;
(4) public advocates concerned with issues related to hepatitis C; and
(5) providers of services to persons with hepatitis C.
(c) The department shall update the state plan developed under this section biennially.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 918, Sec. 1, eff. June 14, 2001.
Amended by:
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1050 (S.B. 71), Sec. 10, eff. September 1, 2011.
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1083 (S.B. 1179), Sec. 13, eff. June 17, 2011.
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 769 (H.B. 4611), Sec. 2.34, eff. April 1, 2025.
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