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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to health care facility reporting of COVID-19 data. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 81, Health and Safety |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 81.054 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 81.054. COVID-19 DATA REPORTING. (a) In this section: |
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(1) "COVID-19" means the 2019 novel coronavirus |
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disease. |
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(2) "Health care facility" means a hospital, |
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freestanding emergency medical care facility, urgent care or retail |
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clinic, outpatient clinic, birthing center, ambulatory surgical |
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center, long-term care facility, or other facility that is licensed |
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to provide health care services in this state. |
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(b) Each health care facility that provides health care |
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services to a patient diagnosed with COVID-19 shall report to the |
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local health authority or department, in the form and manner |
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prescribed by the executive commissioner, the number of patients |
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treated by the facility who are diagnosed with or hospitalized for |
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COVID-19 or for whom COVID-19 is a comorbidity contributing to the |
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patient's death. The data must be disaggregated by: |
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(1) age; |
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(2) gender; |
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(3) ethnicity; |
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(4) race; |
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(5) pregnancy status; and |
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(6) vaccination status, including, if applicable, the |
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vaccine brand and the number of weeks that have elapsed from the |
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date of the patient's final dose of the vaccine to the date the |
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facility first provides the services following diagnosis. |
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(c) The executive commissioner may adopt any rules |
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necessary to ensure health care facilities accurately and timely |
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report the data required by Subsection (b). |
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(d) The department shall compile, publish, and regularly |
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update the data collected under this section on the department's |
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Internet website, disaggregated as required by Subsection (b). |
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(e) This section expires September 1, 2025. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect on the 91st day after the |
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last day of the legislative session. |