{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-191.001","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 191.001","heading":"DEFINITIONS.","body":"In this title:\n(1) \"Department\" means the Department of State Health Services.\n(2) \"Executive commissioner\" means the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission.\n(3) \"Vital statistics unit\" means the vital statistics unit established in the Department of State Health Services.\nActs 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.\nAmended by:\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0527, eff. April 2, 2015.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 3. VITAL STATISTICS","CHAPTER 191. ADMINISTRATION OF VITAL STATISTICS RECORDS","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.191.htm#191.001","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"06ddbfd09e239206a17bd831a5204fe63a55069d611d429c77016d63c1f114a4","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-185.003","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-191.0011"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}