79R8865 YDB-D

By:  Deuell                                                       S.B. No. 1099



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to professional health care liability insurance coverage 
information provided by a nursing home.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 242, Health and Safety 
Code, is amended by adding Section 242.0425 to read as follows:
	Sec. 242.0425.  INFORMATION ON LIABILITY INSURANCE 
COVERAGE.  (a)  An institution shall provide each resident and the 
resident's next of kin or guardian a written statement in the form 
prescribed by the department on whether the institution is covered 
by professional health care liability insurance for a health care 
liability claim against the institution.
	(b)  An institution shall maintain a copy of the statement 
provided under Subsection (a) in the institution's records on the 
resident.  The statement must be signed by the resident or the 
resident's next of kin or guardian.
	SECTION 2.  (a)  Not later than December 1, 2005, the 
Department of Aging and Disability Services shall prescribe the 
written statement that an institution is required to provide under 
Section 242.0425, Health and Safety Code, as added by this Act.
	(b)  An institution is not required to provide the written 
statement required under Section 242.0425, Health and Safety Code, 
as added by this Act, before January 1, 2006.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.