Subject to the confidentiality provisions of this subchapter, the department may collect, or cause to be collected, medical, demographic, or epidemiologic information from any medical or laboratory record or file to help the department in the epidemiologic investigation of injuries and their causes.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 92.005
Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1088, Sec. 7, eff. 9/1/2003.Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 41, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1993. Renumbered from Health & Safety Code Sec. 87.005 by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 17.01(18), eff. 9/1/1995. Renumbered from Health and Safety Code Sec. 88.005 by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 31.01(53), eff. 9/1/1997.