Sec. 81.0443. STANDARDIZED INFORMATION SHARING METHOD. The department shall collaborate with local health authorities, hospitals, laboratories, and other persons who submit information to the department during a public health disaster or in response to other outbreaks of communicable disease to plan, design, and implement a standardized and streamlined method for sharing information needed during the disaster or response. The department may require a person submitting information to the department under this subchapter to use the method developed under this section.
Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 864 (S.B. 969), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2021.
Structure Texas Statutes
Subtitle D - Prevention, Control, and Reports of Diseases; Public Health Disasters and Emergencies
Chapter 81 - Communicable Diseases; Public Health Disasters; Public Health Emergencies
Subchapter C. Reports and Reportable Diseases
Section 81.041. Reportable Diseases
Section 81.042. Persons Required to Report
Section 81.043. Records and Reports of Health Authority
Section 81.044. Reporting Procedures
Section 81.0443. Standardized Information Sharing Method
Section 81.0444. Hospital to Report
Section 81.0445. Provision of Information to Public During Public Health Disaster
Section 81.045. Reports of Death
Section 81.046. Confidentiality
Section 81.047. Epidemiological Reports
Section 81.048. Notification of Emergency Response Employee or Volunteer
Section 81.049. Failure to Report; Criminal Penalty
Section 81.0495. Failure to Report; Civil Penalty
Section 81.051. Partner Notification Programs; HIV Infection
Section 81.052. Reports and Analyses Concerning AIDS and HIV Infection