Texas § 691.010 PUBLIC INFORMATION AND PARTICIPATION; COMPLAINTS.

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§ 691.010 — PUBLIC INFORMATION AND PARTICIPATION; COMPLAINTS.

Texas § 691.010

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Tex. Health and Safety Code Code Ann. § 691.010 (2026).

Text

Sec. 691.010. PUBLIC INFORMATION AND PARTICIPATION; COMPLAINTS.

(a)The commission shall prepare information of public interest describing the functions of the commission under this chapter and the commission's procedures by which complaints are filed with and resolved by the commission. The commission shall make the information available to the public and appropriate state agencies.

(b)The commission by rule shall establish methods by which service recipients can be notified of the name, mailing address, and telephone number of the commission for the purpose of directing complaints to the commission. The commission may provide for that notification by including the information on each written contract relating to bodies willed or donated to an entity regulated by the commission or author

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Sec. 691.010. PUBLIC INFORMATION AND PARTICIPATION; COMPLAINTS. (a) The commission shall prepare information of public interest describing the functions of the commission under this chapter and the commission's procedures by which complaints are filed with and resolved by the commission. The commission shall make the information available to the public and appropriate state agencies.
(b) The commission by rule shall establish methods by which service recipients can be notified of the name, mailing address, and telephone number of the commission for the purpose of directing complaints to the commission. The commission may provide for that notification by including the information on each written contract relating to bodies willed or donated to an entity regulated by the commission or authorized by the commission to receive bodies.
(c) The commission shall keep an information file about each complaint filed with the commission relating to its functions under this chapter. If a written complaint is filed with the commission relating to a person or an entity regulated by the commission under this chapter, the commission shall periodically notify the parties to the complaint of the status of the complaint until final disposition unless notice would jeopardize an undercover investigation.
(d) The commission shall develop and implement policies that provide the public with a reasonable opportunity to appear before the commission and to speak on any issue under the jurisdiction of the commission.

Legislative History

Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by: Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 961 (S.B. 2040 ), Sec. 1.07, eff. September 1, 2023.