{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-191.008","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 191.008","heading":"SORTING COLLECTED DATA.","body":"(a) The department shall compile the information relating to births, deaths, and fetal deaths collected under this chapter and organize the results, to the extent possible, according to the following geographic areas:\n(1) the Texas-Mexico border region;\n(2) each public health region;\n(3) rural areas;\n(4) urban areas;\n(5) each county; and\n(6) the state.\n(b) The department may release the information relating to births, deaths, and fetal deaths in accordance with the way it is compiled under this section.\nAdded by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1034 (H.B. 1126), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2005.","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#191.008","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"5233ba83960b2ce00eaec94db6f905adcf47615acf9ad1b306422f31151018ff","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-191.007","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-191.009"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}