{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-161.044","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 161.044","heading":"CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE OVERDOSE INFORMATION REPOSITORY.","body":"(a) The department shall maintain a central repository for the collection and analysis of information relating to incidents of a controlled substance overdose for which a physician or other person is required to report to the department under Section 161.042. The department may not include in the repository any information the physician or other person is precluded from reporting under that section.\n(b) The department shall release statistical information contained in the central repository on the request of a medical professional or representative of a law enforcement agency.\nAdded by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 38, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 2. HEALTH","SUBTITLE H. PUBLIC HEALTH PROVISIONS","CHAPTER 161. PUBLIC HEALTH PROVISIONS","SUBCHAPTER E. REPORTS OF GUNSHOT WOUNDS AND CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE OVERDOSES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.161.htm#161.044","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"effc21027973f1986c7ab98e84a442e1b810649797e5c5cb9d2f6e2090f48464","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-161.043","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-161.045"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}