Tex. Local Government Code § 370.007
This is the official text of Tex. Local Government Code § 370.007, part of Texas’s Local Government Code — governs the powers and operations of Texas cities and counties.
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§ 370.007. PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT FOR OVERDOSE MAPPING.
Official statutory text
(a) A local health authority or law enforcement agency shall enter into a participation agreement with an entity that maintains a computerized system for mapping overdoses of one or more controlled substances for public safety purposes.
(b) A local health authority or law enforcement agency shall provide information received under Section 161.045, Health and Safety Code, to the entity with which the authority or agency has a participation agreement under Subsection (a) for purposes of entering the information into the computerized system. The local health authority or law enforcement agency is not required to provide information received under Section 161.045, Health and Safety Code, regarding a controlled substance to the entity with which the authority or agency has a participation agreement if the entity does not maintain an overdose map that includes the controlled substance.
(c) A local health authority or law enforcement agency or an employee of a local health authority or law enforcement agency is not subject to civil or criminal liability for providing information received under Section 161.045, Health and Safety Code, to an entity pursuant to a participation agreement under this section.
(d) Information provided to an entity pursuant to a participation agreement under this section is confidential and not subject to disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code.
(e) This section does not waive sovereign immunity to suit or liability.
(b) A local health authority or law enforcement agency shall provide information received under Section 161.045, Health and Safety Code, to the entity with which the authority or agency has a participation agreement under Subsection (a) for purposes of entering the information into the computerized system. The local health authority or law enforcement agency is not required to provide information received under Section 161.045, Health and Safety Code, regarding a controlled substance to the entity with which the authority or agency has a participation agreement if the entity does not maintain an overdose map that includes the controlled substance.
(c) A local health authority or law enforcement agency or an employee of a local health authority or law enforcement agency is not subject to civil or criminal liability for providing information received under Section 161.045, Health and Safety Code, to an entity pursuant to a participation agreement under this section.
(d) Information provided to an entity pursuant to a participation agreement under this section is confidential and not subject to disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code.
(e) This section does not waive sovereign immunity to suit or liability.
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