As specified under the Texas Open Records Act, all information collected and maintained by the commission that is not specifically exempted from release by either a specific exception to the act (Texas Government Code VTCA §552.101), or by previous statute, constitutional amendment, or rule, is considered public. The vast majority of the data held by the commission is open to the public and is accessible through the commission's libraries, files, and the THSA web site without open records requests.

Source Note: The provisions of this §24.11 adopted to be effective December 6, 1998, 23 TexReg 11920.