{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-107a.001","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 107A.001","heading":"CENTER FOR ELIMINATION OF DISPROPORTIONALITY AND DISPARITIES.","body":"The executive commissioner shall maintain a center for elimination of disproportionality and disparities in the commission to:\n(1) assume a leadership role in working or contracting with state and federal agencies, universities, private interest groups, communities, foundations, and offices of minority health to develop health initiatives to decrease or eliminate health and health access disparities among racial, multicultural, disadvantaged, ethnic, and regional populations, including appropriate language services; and\n(2) maximize use of existing resources without duplicating existing efforts.\nRedesignated from Health and Safety Code, Subchapter G, Chapter 12 and amended by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 222 (H.B. 1396), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2007.\nAmended by:\nActs 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 121 (S.B. 501), Sec. 2, eff. May 21, 2011.\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0353, eff. April 2, 2015.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 2. HEALTH","SUBTITLE E. HEALTH CARE COUNCILS AND RESOURCE CENTERS","CHAPTER 107A. CENTER FOR ELIMINATION OF DISPROPORTIONALITY AND DISPARITIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.107A.htm#107A.001","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"90b0cc2c4c8df54209ee60cc0d650896e0e4562d4e161c9c2980bbc30c531b20","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-105.011","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-107a.002"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}