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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the public's ability to access certain documents |
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relating to a hospital inspection, survey, or investigation |
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conducted by the Department of State Health Services. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 241.051, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (f) to read as follows: |
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(f) Notwithstanding Subsections (d) and (e), the department |
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shall make available to the public on the department's Internet |
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website the final statement of deficiencies completed by the |
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department and any related plan of correction submitted by a |
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hospital that relate to an inspection, survey, or investigation |
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conducted under Subsection (a). The department may not disclose |
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individually identifiable information concerning a patient or |
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health care professional in the information made available to the |
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public under this subsection. |
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SECTION 2. The executive commissioner of the Health and |
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Human Services Commission shall adopt rules necessary to implement |
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Section 241.051(f), Health and Safety Code, as added by this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |