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Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Health and Safety Code § 12.001: GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES OF EXECUTIVE COMMISSIONER.

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  1. HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE
  2. TITLE 2. HEALTH
  3. SUBTITLE A. DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES
  4. CHAPTER 12. POWERS AND DUTIES OF DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES
  5. SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES

(a) The executive commissioner has general supervision and control over all matters relating to the health of the citizens of this state.

(b) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules for the performance of each duty imposed by law on the executive commissioner, the department, or the commissioner and file a copy of those rules with the department.

Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.

Amended by:

Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0010, eff. April 2, 2015.

Collected 2026-08-27T01:47:17Z. Source file · JSON

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