Sec. 107A.001. CENTER FOR ELIMINATION OF DISPROPORTIONALITY AND DISPARITIES

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The executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission shall maintain a center for elimination of disproportionality and disparities in the Health and Human Services Commission to:
(1) assume a leadership role in working or contracting with state and federal agencies, universities, private interest groups, communities, foundations, and offices of minority health to develop health initiatives to decrease or eliminate health and health access disparities among racial, multicultural, disadvantaged, ethnic, and regional populations, including appropriate language services; and
(2) maximize use of existing resources without duplicating existing efforts.

Redesignated from Health and Safety Code, Subchapter G, Chapter 12 and amended by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 222 , Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2007. Amended by: Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 121 , Sec. 2, eff. May 21, 2011.

                    
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