86R8247 JG-D
 
  By: Miles S.B. No. 559
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to patient medical records regarding maternal death.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter J, Chapter 1001, Health and Safety
  Code, is amended by adding Section 1001.242 to read as follows:
         Sec. 1001.242.  REQUEST FOR MEDICAL RECORDS RELATED TO
  MATERNAL DEATH. (a) Not later than the 30th business day after
  receiving a request from the department, a hospital, birthing
  center, or other custodian of a patient's medical records shall
  submit to the department the medical records of a patient who was
  pregnant at the time of death or was pregnant at any time in the year
  preceding the patient's death.
         (b)  Any personally identifying information in a patient's
  medical records acquired by the department under this section is
  confidential and is not subject to disclosure under Chapter 552,
  Government Code.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.