{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-119.053","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 119.053","heading":"DUTIES.","body":"(a) The network shall establish as its primary goals:\n(1) evaluating and eliminating health disparities in this state, including racial, ethnic, geographic, and income-related or education-related disparities; and\n(2) health care cost containment and the economic analysis of health policy.\n(b) The network shall:\n(1) function as an incubator and evaluator of health improvement practices; and\n(2) support local communities in this state by offering leadership training, data analytics, community health assessments, and grant writing support to local communities.\nAdded by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1123 (H.B. 3781), Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2015.\nRedesignated from Health and Safety Code, Section 118.053 by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 324 (S.B. 1488), Sec. 24.001(27), eff. September 1, 2017.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 2. HEALTH","SUBTITLE E. HEALTH CARE COUNCILS AND RESOURCE CENTERS","CHAPTER 119. TEXAS HEALTH IMPROVEMENT NETWORK","SUBCHAPTER B. NETWORK"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.119.htm#119.053","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"903395d4cbe5f64a6f107cdfd07ba925d9022a4e30cba5204cddcbe38c2a40a5","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-119.052","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-119.054"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}