{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-81.002","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 81.002","heading":"RESPONSIBILITY OF STATE AND PUBLIC.","body":"The state has a duty to protect the public health. Each person shall act responsibly to prevent and control communicable disease.\nActs 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 2. HEALTH","SUBTITLE D. PREVENTION, CONTROL, AND REPORTS OF DISEASES; PUBLIC HEALTH DISASTERS AND EMERGENCIES","CHAPTER 81. COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; PUBLIC HEALTH DISASTERS; PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCIES","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.81.htm#81.002","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"145f64a0472f1ac35d17c784ff962d77f75a10238aecd1d6f94b549e6c8d8be1","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-81.001","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-81.003"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}