CHAPTER 123. PUBLIC HEALTH EXTENSION SERVICE PILOT PROGRAM - Texas Statutes

HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE

TITLE 2. HEALTH

SUBTITLE F. LOCAL REGULATION OF PUBLIC HEALTH

CHAPTER 123. PUBLIC HEALTH EXTENSION SERVICE PILOT PROGRAM

For expiration of this chapter, see Section 123.007.

Sec. 123.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:

(1) "Department" means the Department of State Health Services;

and

(2) "Program" means the public health extension service pilot

program established under this chapter.

Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch.

1280, Sec. 3.01, eff. September 1, 2009.

Sec. 123.002. PROGRAM ESTABLISHED; PURPOSES. (a) The

department shall establish a public health extension service

pilot program in Health Service Region 11, a region of the state

that may be particularly vulnerable to biosecurity threats,

disaster, and other emergencies.

(b) The purpose of the program is to support local public health

and medical infrastructure, promote disease control and medical

preparedness, and enhance biosecurity, including detection of

dangerous biologic agents, availability of pathology services,

and management of hazardous materials.

Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch.

1280, Sec. 3.01, eff. September 1, 2009.

Sec. 123.003. RULES. The executive commissioner of the Health

and Human Services Commission may adopt rules for the

implementation and administration of the program.

Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch.

1280, Sec. 3.01, eff. September 1, 2009.

Sec. 123.004. PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION. The department may

contract with The Texas A&M University System or The

University of Texas System or both to implement or administer the

program.

Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch.

1280, Sec. 3.01, eff. September 1, 2009.

Sec. 123.005. PROGRAM OBJECTIVES. Through the program, the

department may implement projects and systems to accomplish the

purposes of the program described by Section 123.002, and may:

(1) provide support for regional disaster medical assistance

teams and tactical medical operations incident management teams;

(2) establish a disaster training and exercise program;

(3) establish and equip caches of necessary medical supplies and

equipment for use in disasters and other emergencies;

(4) establish a regionally based system of emergency medical

logistics management to support state and federal emergency

management authorities, including local patient triage sites and

local emergency medical operations; and

(5) establish a regionally based system to provide technical

assistance for disaster mitigation and recovery.

Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch.

1280, Sec. 3.01, eff. September 1, 2009.

Sec. 123.006. REPORT. Not later than December 1, 2010, the

department shall report to the governor, lieutenant governor, and

speaker of the house of representatives on the program, including

recommendations for continuing and expanding the program to other

regions of the state.

Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch.

1280, Sec. 3.01, eff. September 1, 2009.

Sec. 123.007. EXPIRATION. This chapter expires and the program

is abolished September 2, 2011.

Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch.

1280, Sec. 3.01, eff. September 1, 2009.