84R26407 CJC-D
By: Turner of Tarrant H.B. No. 2240
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2240:
By: Crownover C.S.H.B. No. 2240
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the public's ability to access certain documents
relating to a hospital inspection, survey, or investigation
conducted by the Department of State Health Services.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 241.051, Health and Safety Code, is
amended by adding Subsection (f) to read as follows:
(f) Notwithstanding Subsections (d) and (e), the department
shall make available to the public on the department's Internet
website the final statement of deficiencies completed by the
department and any related plan of correction submitted by a
hospital that relate to an inspection, survey, or investigation
conducted under Subsection (a). The department may not disclose
individually identifiable information concerning a patient or
health care professional in the information made available to the
public under this subsection.
SECTION 2. The executive commissioner of the Health and
Human Services Commission shall adopt rules necessary to implement
Section 241.051(f), Health and Safety Code, as added by this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.