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By: McClendon (Senate Sponsor - Uresti) |
H.B. No. 118 |
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(In the Senate - Received from the House April 11, 2011; |
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April 20, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on Health |
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and Human Services; May 6, 2011, reported favorably by the |
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following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 6, 2011, sent to printer.) |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to requiring the provision of notice by certain hospitals |
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regarding patients' medical records. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 241.103, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: |
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(d) A hospital shall provide written notice to a patient, or |
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a patient's legally authorized representative as that term is |
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defined by Section 241.151, that the hospital, unless the exception |
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in Subsection (c) applies, may authorize the disposal of medical |
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records relating to the patient on or after the periods specified in |
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this section. The notice shall be provided to the patient or the |
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patient's legally authorized representative not later than the date |
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on which the patient who is or will be the subject of a medical |
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record is treated, except in an emergency treatment situation. In |
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an emergency treatment situation, the notice shall be provided to |
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the patient or the patient's legally authorized representative as |
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soon as is reasonably practicable following the emergency treatment |
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situation. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |
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