{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-81.021","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 81.021","heading":"PROTECTION OF PUBLIC HEALTH.","body":"The executive commissioner and department shall exercise their powers in matters relating to protecting the public health to prevent the introduction of disease into the state.\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. 3.0220, eff. April 2, 2015.","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 B. PREVENTION AND PREPAREDNESS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.81.htm#81.021","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"e34fb0336ba1d850dc9aaa7f43d2b0f42f4c3cefafc41519f80a0820547dde9a","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-81.016","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-81.022"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}