{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-85.251","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 85.251","heading":"DEFINITIONS.","body":"In this subchapter:\n(1) \"Home collection kit\" means a product sold to the general public and used by an individual to collect a specimen from the human body and to submit the specimen to a laboratory for testing and a report.\n(2) \"Service provider\" means the manufacturer of a home collection kit or a person designated by the manufacturer to provide the services required by this subchapter.\nAdded by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 33, Sec. 1, eff. April 28, 1995.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 2. HEALTH","SUBTITLE D. PREVENTION, CONTROL, AND REPORTS OF DISEASES; PUBLIC HEALTH DISASTERS AND EMERGENCIES","CHAPTER 85. ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME AND HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION","SUBCHAPTER J. HOME COLLECTION KITS FOR HIV INFECTION TESTING"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.85.htm#85.251","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"80c10efe8f1e2ab8c57007335787ecacb360b51d077cf81063d23896d9945b88","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-85.206","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-85.252"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}