Tex. Health and Safety Code § 120.101
This is the official text of Tex. Health and Safety Code § 120.101, part of Texas’s Health and Safety Code — covers public health and safety regulation.
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§ 120.101. SHORT-TERM AND LONG-TERM PLANS.
Official statutory text
(a) The task force shall make recommendations to the commissioner for short-term and long-term border health improvement plans. The short-term plan shall identify health objectives proposed to be accomplished before the fourth anniversary of the date the plan is adopted. The long-term plan shall identify health objectives proposed to be accomplished before the ninth anniversary of the date the plan is adopted.
(b) The commissioner shall review the task force's recommendations and, based on those recommendations, recommend short-term and long-term border health improvement plans to the executive commissioner, identifying specific health objectives that may be implemented under existing law.
(c) The executive commissioner shall adopt short-term and long-term border health improvement plans and direct the department to implement the portions of the plans that may be implemented within existing appropriations under existing law.
(d) Not later than September 1 of each even-numbered year, the executive commissioner shall submit a report detailing the actions taken by the task force. The report must include:
(1) the status of all projects and activities involving the health issues described under Section 120.051(a)(3);
(2) the funding for the expenditures; and
(3) recommendations for legislation necessary to implement the short-term and long-term border health improvement plans.
(b) The commissioner shall review the task force's recommendations and, based on those recommendations, recommend short-term and long-term border health improvement plans to the executive commissioner, identifying specific health objectives that may be implemented under existing law.
(c) The executive commissioner shall adopt short-term and long-term border health improvement plans and direct the department to implement the portions of the plans that may be implemented within existing appropriations under existing law.
(d) Not later than September 1 of each even-numbered year, the executive commissioner shall submit a report detailing the actions taken by the task force. The report must include:
(1) the status of all projects and activities involving the health issues described under Section 120.051(a)(3);
(2) the funding for the expenditures; and
(3) recommendations for legislation necessary to implement the short-term and long-term border health improvement plans.
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