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 Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014)
 HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE
 Title 4. HEALTH FACILITIES
 Subtitle F. POWERS AND DUTIES OF HOSPITALS
 Chapter 311. POWERS AND DUTIES OF HOSPITALS
 Subchapter C. HOSPITAL DATA REPORTING AND COLLECTION SYSTEM

  Sec. 311.035. USE OF DATA  

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  • (a) The department shall use the data collected under this subchapter to publish an annual report regarding:

    (1) the amount of charity care, bad debt, and other uncompensated care hospitals provide;

    (2) the use of hospital services by indigent patients; and

    (3) the effect of indigent care services on hospitals.

    (b) Repealed by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 726, Sec. 5(1), eff. Sept. 1, 1995.

    (c) The department shall enter into an interagency agreement with the Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation, Texas Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse, and Texas Department of Insurance relating to the mental health and chemical dependency data collected under Section 311.0335. The agreement shall address the collection, analysis, and sharing of the data by the agencies.

Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 705, Sec. 6.03, eff. Sept. 1, 1993; Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 726, Sec. 3, 5(1), eff. Sept. 1, 1995.