1-1 By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 908
1-2 (In the Senate - Filed March 4, 1997; March 6, 1997, read
1-3 first time and referred to Committee on Health and Human Services;
1-4 April 1, 1997, reported favorably, as amended, by the following
1-5 vote: Yeas 10, Nays 0; April 1, 1997, sent to printer.)
1-6 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 1 By: Zaffirini
1-7 Amend SECTION 1 of S.B. No. 908 by amending Subsection (c), Section
1-8 222.024, Health and Safety Code, to read as follows:
1-9 (c) The department may conduct an inspection of a hospital
1-10 exempt from an annual licensing inspection under Subsection (a)
1-11 before issuing a renewal license to the hospital if the
1-12 certification or accreditation body has not conducted an on-site
1-13 inspection of the hospital in the preceding three years and the
1-14 department determines that an inspection of the hospital by the
1-15 certification or accreditation body is not scheduled within 60
1-16 days.
1-17 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-18 AN ACT
1-19 relating to the licensing and inspection of certain hospitals.
1-20 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-21 SECTION 1. Section 222.024, Health and Safety Code, is
1-22 amended to read as follows:
1-23 Sec. 222.024. CERTIFICATION OR ACCREDITATION INSTEAD OF
1-24 INSPECTION. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), a [A]
1-25 hospital licensed by the Texas Department of Health [or the Texas
1-26 Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation] is not subject
1-27 to additional annual licensing inspections before the department
1-28 [agency] issues the hospital a license [under Chapter 241 (Texas
1-29 Hospital Licensing Law) or by the licensing agency] while the
1-30 hospital maintains:
1-31 (1) certification under Title XVIII of the Social
1-32 Security Act (42 U.S.C. Section 1395 et seq.); or
1-33 (2) accreditation from the Joint Commission on
1-34 Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, the American Osteopathic
1-35 Association, or other national accreditation organization for the
1-36 offered services.
1-37 (b) [If the Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental
1-38 Retardation licenses a hospital exempt from a licensing inspection
1-39 under Subsection (a), that agency shall issue a renewal license to
1-40 the hospital if the hospital annually remits any applicable fees
1-41 and submits a copy of the most recent inspection results report
1-42 from the certification or accreditation body.]
1-43 [(c)] If the department [Texas Department of Health]
1-44 licenses a hospital exempt from an annual [a] licensing inspection
1-45 under Subsection (a), the department [that agency] shall issue a
1-46 renewal license to the hospital if the hospital annually:
1-47 (1) submits a complete application required by the
1-48 department;
1-49 (2) remits any applicable fees;
1-50 (3) submits a copy of documentation from the
1-51 certification or accreditation body showing that the hospital is
1-52 certified or accredited; and
1-53 (4) submits a copy of the most recent fire safety
1-54 inspection report from the fire marshal in whose jurisdiction the
1-55 hospital is located.
1-56 (c) The department may conduct an inspection of a hospital
1-57 exempt from an annual licensing inspection under Subsection (a)
1-58 before issuing a renewal license to the hospital if the
1-59 certification or accreditation body has not conducted an on-site
1-60 inspection of the hospital in the preceding three years.
1-61 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1997.
1-62 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
1-63 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-64 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-1 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-2 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.
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