Section 121.103 - General Duties(a) Subject to the availability of funds, the department, in consultation with the consortium and local health units, local health departments, and public health districts, shall:(1) develop curricula to provide training to public health workers;(2) conduct research on improving health status outcomes and methods of monitoring those outcomes;(3) develop performance standards for local health units, local health departments, and public health districts;(4) develop competency certification standards for public health workers; and(5) study the technology infrastructure available to local health units, local health departments, and public health districts and improve the use of this infrastructure to permit: (A) statewide communication relating to disease surveillance and reporting of public health information; and(B) immediate access to public health information and collaboration among public health professionals.(b) The training curricula described by Subsection (a)(1) may include training for local health authorities.Tex. Health and Safety Code § 121.103
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1378, Sec. 6, eff. 6/19/1999.