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Tex. Health and Safety Code § 427.001 Definitions
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Sec. 427.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Commission" means the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. (2) "Department" means the Department of State Health Services. (3) "Federal superfund site" means a site defined by the federal Comprehensive Environmental Response,…
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 427.002 Texas Environmental Health Institute
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Sec. 427.002. TEXAS ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH INSTITUTE. The commission shall enter into an agreement with the department to jointly establish the Texas Environmental Health Institute in order to examine ways to identify, treat, manage, prevent, and reduce health problems associated w…
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 427.003 Purposes
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Sec. 427.003. PURPOSES. The purposes of the institute are to: (1) develop a statewide plan to identify health conditions, related or potentially related to environmental contamination, of residents of this state who live or have lived within the immediately surrounding area of a …
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 427.004 Programs
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Sec. 427.004. PROGRAMS. The commission and the department may establish at the institute any programs necessary to carry out the institute's established purposes under this chapter. The commission and the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission may cont…