87S30038 MCF-D
 
  By: Eckhardt, et al. S.B. No. 39
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to health care facility reporting of COVID-19 data.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 81, Health and Safety
  Code, is amended by adding Section 81.054 to read as follows:
         Sec. 81.054.  COVID-19 DATA REPORTING.  (a)  In this section:
               (1)  "COVID-19" means the 2019 novel coronavirus
  disease.
               (2)  "Health care facility" means a hospital,
  freestanding emergency medical care facility, urgent care or retail
  clinic, outpatient clinic, birthing center, ambulatory surgical
  center, long-term care facility, or other facility that is licensed
  to provide health care services in this state.
         (b)  Each health care facility that provides health care
  services to a patient diagnosed with COVID-19 shall report to the
  local health authority or department, in the form and manner
  prescribed by the executive commissioner, the number of patients
  treated by the facility who are diagnosed with or hospitalized for
  COVID-19 or for whom COVID-19 is a comorbidity contributing to the
  patient's death. The data must be disaggregated by:
               (1)  age;
               (2)  gender;
               (3)  ethnicity;
               (4)  race;
               (5)  pregnancy status; and
               (6)  vaccination status, including, if applicable, the
  vaccine brand and the number of weeks that have elapsed from the
  date of the patient's final dose of the vaccine to the date the
  facility first provides the services following diagnosis.
         (c)  The executive commissioner may adopt any rules
  necessary to ensure health care facilities accurately and timely
  report the data required by Subsection (b).
         (d)  The department shall compile, publish, and regularly
  update the data collected under this section on the department's
  Internet website, disaggregated as required by Subsection (b).
         (e)  This section expires September 1, 2025.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect on the 91st day after the
  last day of the legislative session.