Section 1001.281 - Data Collection and Analysis Regarding Opioid Overdose Deaths and Co-Occurring Substance Use Disorders(a) The executive commissioner shall ensure that data is collected by the department regarding opioid overdose deaths and the co-occurrence of substance use disorders and mental illness. The department may use data collected by the vital statistics unit and any other source available to the department.(b) In analyzing data collected under this section, the department shall evaluate the capacity in this state for the treatment of co-occurring substance use disorders and mental illness.Tex. Health and Safety Code § 1001.281
Renumbered from Tex. Health and Safety Code § 1001.261 by Acts 2021, Texas Acts of the 87th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 915,Sec. 21.001, eff. 9/1/2021.Added by Acts 2019, Texas Acts of the 86th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 1167,Sec. 8, eff. 9/1/2019.