Sec. 531.0313. ELECTRONIC ACCESS TO HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES REFERRAL INFORMATION

(a) The Texas Information and Referral Network may develop an Internet site to provide information to the public regarding the health and human services provided by public or private entities throughout the state.

(b) The material in the Texas Information and Referral Network Internet site must be geographically indexed and designed to inform an individual about the health and human services provided in the area where the individual lives. The material must be further indexed by type of service provided within each geographic area.

(c) The Internet site may contain links to the Internet sites of any local provider of health and human services and may contain:

(1) the name, address, and phone number of organizations providing health and human services in a county;

(2) a description of the type of services provided by those organizations; and

(3) any other information to educate the public about the health and human services provided in a county.

(d) The Texas Information and Referral Network shall coordinate with the Department of Information Resources to maintain the Internet site through the state electronic Internet portal project established by the Department of Information Resources.

(e) In this section, "Internet" means the largest nonproprietary, nonprofit cooperative public computer network, popularly known as the Internet.

Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 652, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 357, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001. Amended by: Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 973 , Sec. 8, eff. June 17, 2011.