Tex. Health & Safety Code Section 191.002
Powers and Duties of Department

(a)

The department shall administer the registration of vital statistics.

(b)

The department shall:

(1)

establish a vital statistics unit in the department with suitable offices that are properly equipped for the preservation of its official records;

(2)

establish a statewide system of vital statistics;

(3)

provide instructions and prescribe forms for collecting, recording, transcribing, compiling, and preserving vital statistics;

(4)

require the enforcement of this title and rules adopted under this title;

(5)

prepare, print, and supply to local registrars forms for registering, recording, and preserving returns or otherwise carrying out the purposes of this title; and

(6)

propose legislation necessary for the purposes of this title.

(c)

The department may use birth records and provide those records on request to other state agencies for programs notifying mothers of young children about children’s health needs.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0529, eff. April 2, 2015.

Source: Section 191.002 — Powers and Duties of Department, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.­191.­htm#191.­002 (accessed Jun. 5, 2024).

191.001
Definitions 191.002
Powers and Duties of Department 191.003
Powers and Duties of Executive Commissioner and Department 191.004
State Registrar 191.005
Vital Statistics Account 191.006
Records of Persons in Hospitals and Institutions 191.007
Regulation by Certain Municipalities 191.008
Sorting Collected Data 191.009
Use of Diacritical Marks 191.010
Death Information for Department of Public Safety 191.0011
Reference in Other Law 191.011
Death Information Provided to Secretary of State 191.021
Registration Districts 191.022
Local Registrars 191.023
Consolidation of County and Municipal Maintenance of Birth and Death Records 191.024
Reports of Information 191.025
Record Books and Certificates 191.026
Local Records 191.027
Review of Certificate by Local Registrar 191.028
Amendment of Certificate 191.029
Certificates or Report Sent to State Registrar 191.0031
Certified Copies by Mail 191.031
Review of Certificates by State Registrar 191.032
State Records 191.033
Addenda 191.034
Notation of Death on Birth Certificate 191.036
Spanish Surname Information 191.0045
Fees 191.0046
Fee Exemptions 191.0047
Birth Information for Department of Family and Protective Services 191.0048
Voluntary Contribution to Texas Home Visiting Program 191.0049
Birth Record Issued to Foster Child or Youth or Homeless Child or Youth 191.051
Certified Copies 191.052
Certified Copy as Evidence 191.056
Copies Collected by National Agency 191.057
Records with Addenda 191.071
Criminal Background Check Required 191.00491
Birth Record Issued to Victims and Children of Victims of Dating or Family Violence
Green check means up to date. Up to date

Accessed:
Jun. 5, 2024

§ 191.002’s source at texas​.gov