Tex. Health and Safety Code § 12.111: TEXAS VOLUNTEER HEALTH CORPS.

(a) The department shall establish the Texas Volunteer Health Corps to enhance community-based public health services.

(b) The Texas Volunteer Health Corps shall connect volunteers with residents of local communities to involve those residents in preventive health care, expand the role of those residents in making decisions about their own health, and build community support for public health.

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 768, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 28, 1995. Renumbered from Health and Safety Code Sec. 12.091 by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 31.01(52), eff. Sept. 1, 1997.