Tex.
Local Gov't Code Section 370.007
Participation Agreement for Overdose Mapping
(a)
A local health authority or law enforcement agency shall enter into a participation agreement with an entity that maintains a computerized system for mapping overdoses of one or more controlled substances for public safety purposes.(b)
A local health authority or law enforcement agency shall provide information received under Section 161.045 (Mandatory Reporting of Controlled Substance Overdoses for Public Safety Mapping), Health and Safety Code, to the entity with which the authority or agency has a participation agreement under Subsection (a) for purposes of entering the information into the computerized system. The local health authority or law enforcement agency is not required to provide information received under Section 161.045 (Mandatory Reporting of Controlled Substance Overdoses for Public Safety Mapping), Health and Safety Code, regarding a controlled substance to the entity with which the authority or agency has a participation agreement if the entity does not maintain an overdose map that includes the controlled substance.(c)
A local health authority or law enforcement agency or an employee of a local health authority or law enforcement agency is not subject to civil or criminal liability for providing information received under Section 161.045 (Mandatory Reporting of Controlled Substance Overdoses for Public Safety Mapping), Health and Safety Code, to an entity pursuant to a participation agreement under this section.(d)
Information provided to an entity pursuant to a participation agreement under this section is confidential and not subject to disclosure under Chapter 552 (Public Information), Government Code.(e)
This section does not waive sovereign immunity to suit or liability.(b)
This section does not apply to a curfew implemented under Chapter 418 (Emergency Management), Government Code, for purposes of emergency management.(b)
Notwithstanding any other law, a political subdivision that appoints or employs a person to hold a position that requires the person to be licensed by the commission may appoint or employ a legal permanent resident of the United States to hold the position if the person is an honorably discharged veteran of the armed forces of the United States with at least two years of service before discharge and holds the appropriate license issued by the commission.(c)
A political subdivision may not appoint or employ a person under this section to hold a supervisory position until the person becomes a United States citizen.
Source:
Section 370.007 — Participation Agreement for Overdose Mapping, https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.370.htm#370.007 (accessed Jun. 5, 2024).
