{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-81.049","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 81.049","heading":"FAILURE TO REPORT; CRIMINAL PENALTY.","body":"(a) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly fails to report a reportable disease or health condition under this subchapter.\n(b) An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor.\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 C. REPORTS AND REPORTABLE DISEASES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.81.htm#81.049","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"5adf98e2e1ef8a5cc7d241c874897c0dd3aa52e98048862be4149fa31d0c238c","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-81.048","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-81.0495"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}