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Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
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HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE |
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Title 4. HEALTH FACILITIES |
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Subtitle B. LICENSING OF HEALTH FACILITIES |
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Chapter 252. INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITIES FOR THE MENTALLY RETARDED |
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Subchapter E. INVESTIGATIONS OF ABUSE, NEGLECT, AND EXPLOITATION AND REPORTS OF RETALIATION |
Sec. 252.134. REPORTS RELATING TO RESIDENT DEATHS; STATISTICAL INFORMATION
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(a) A facility licensed under this chapter shall submit a report to the department concerning the death of:
(1) a resident of the facility; and
(2) a former resident that occurs 24 hours or less after the former resident is transferred from the facility to a hospital.
(b) The report must be submitted not later than the 10th working day after the last day of each month in which a resident of the facility dies. The facility must make the report on a form prescribed by the department. The report must contain the name and social security number of the deceased.
(c) The department shall correlate reports under this section with death certificate information to develop data relating to the:
(1) name and age of the deceased;
(2) official cause of death listed on the death certificate;
(3) date, time, and place of death; and
(4) name and address of the facility in which the deceased resided.
(d) Unless specified by board rule, a record under this section is confidential and not subject to the provisions of Chapter 552, Government Code.
(e) The department shall develop statistical information on official causes of death to determine patterns and trends of incidents of death among persons with mental retardation and related conditions and in specific facilities. Information developed under this subsection is not confidential.
(f) A licensed facility shall make available on the request of an applicant or an applicant's representative historical statistics on all required information.