{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-12.113","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 12.113","heading":"VOLUNTEERS.","body":"(a) Volunteers recruited under this subchapter may include students in high school or an institution of higher education, senior citizens, participants in the TANF job opportunities and basic skills (JOBS) training program, VISTA and AmeriCorps volunteers, and volunteers from business and community networks.\n(b) To build healthy local communities, Texas Volunteer Health Corps volunteers may promote health, expand clients' capacity for self-help, make clinic appointments, arrange transportation, and identify community resources and provide links to those resources.\nAdded by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 768, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 28, 1995. Renumbered from Health and Safety Code Sec. 12.093 by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 31.01(52), eff. Sept. 1, 1997.\nAmended by:\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0040, eff. April 2, 2015.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 2. HEALTH","SUBTITLE A. DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES","CHAPTER 12. POWERS AND DUTIES OF DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES","SUBCHAPTER I. TEXAS VOLUNTEER HEALTH CORPS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.12.htm#12.113","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"72d8191c1d09de2bac469508afdbc46c134460cebb0553dcd8cad2ae6b56d5a7","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-12.112","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-12.114"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}