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Communicable Disease Prevention and Control Act

Texas · HS · §§ 81.001 to 81.408 · 155 sections

Overview

The Communicable Disease Prevention and Control Act governs the state's response to infectious disease, assigning responsibility for disease control to state health authorities and setting out how the resulting program is administered, contracted for, and funded. Its central mechanism is a mandatory reporting system: it designates reportable diseases, identifies the persons and institutions — including physicians, hospitals, and local health authorities — required to report cases and deaths, prescribes reporting procedures and confidentiality protections for the resulting records, and backs the duty to report with criminal and civil penalties. The act also authorizes investigative powers such as compelling witnesses, documents, and samples, provides for immunization and health education, addresses HIV-specific matters including mandatory testing after suspected exposure and partner notification, and establishes advisory committees and facility-level infection prevention programs.

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In the courts

Sections of this act have been cited in 37 court decisions.

Most-cited authority: 795 S.W.2d 723 - Winters v. Houston Chronicle Publishing Co.

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