Tex. Health and Safety Code § 81.013
This is the official text of Tex. Health and Safety Code § 81.013, part of Texas’s Health and Safety Code — covers public health and safety regulation.
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§ 81.013. CONSIDERATION OF FEDERAL LAW AND REGULATIONS.
Official statutory text
The executive commissioner shall review the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act of 2009 (Pub. L. No. 111-87) or any successor law and any regulations adopted under the law and determine whether adopting by rule any part of the federal law or regulations is in the best interest of the state to further achieve the purposes of this chapter. If the executive commissioner determines that adopting the federal law or regulations is in the best interest of the state to further achieve the purposes of this chapter, the executive commissioner may by rule adopt all or a part of the federal law or regulations.
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