{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-694.001","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 694.001","heading":"DUTIES OF DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES.","body":"The Department of State Health Services shall regulate the disposal, transportation, interment, and disinterment of dead bodies to the extent reasonable and necessary to protect public health and safety.\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. 3.1506, eff. April 2, 2015.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 8. DEATH AND DISPOSITION OF THE BODY","SUBTITLE B. DISPOSITION OF THE BODY","CHAPTER 694. BURIAL"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.694.htm#694.001","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"d9da816ad1c8d33b507773438b3d6a70e8584fc7da49bc5d857bb205e8e9e5ab","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-693.024","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-694.002"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}