{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-503.004","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 503.004","heading":"DUTIES OF COMMITTEE.","body":"(a) The committee shall coordinate communication among member agencies concerning each agency's efforts to regulate toxic substances and harmful physical agents.\n(b) The committee shall develop a plan that provides for:\n(1) intergovernmental cooperation concerning regulations to prevent and control the adverse health effects of toxic substances and harmful physical agents;\n(2) a health risk assessment of emergency responses to accidents involving toxic substances or harmful physical agents;\n(3) the coordination of agency programs relating to the prevention and control of adverse health effects resulting from exposure to toxic substances or harmful physical agents;\n(4) the establishment of an integrated system to collect and manage information relating to toxic substances and harmful physical agents; and\n(5) public education concerning the use of toxic substances and harmful physical agents and the potential adverse health effects.\nActs 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 6. FOOD, DRUGS, ALCOHOL, AND HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES","SUBTITLE D. HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES","CHAPTER 503. HEALTH RISK ASSESSMENT OF TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND HARMFUL PHYSICAL AGENTS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.503.htm#503.004","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"51fdeec640bdd222866ca008319083ae1d4b46bae3e183671ae6732d044064c5","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-503.003","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-503.005"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}