By: Miles S.B. No. 559
(Hinojosa, Walle, Guerra, Thompson of Harris)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to patient records regarding maternal death.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 34.008, Health and Safety Code, is
amended by adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows:
(c-1) Not later than the 30th business day after receiving a
request from the department for records regarding a
pregnancy-related death for a specific patient, a hospital,
birthing center, or other custodian of the records shall submit the
records to the department. A request made under this subsection to
a hospital or birthing center must be limited to a patient's medical
records.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.