Texas Health and Safety Code
§ 191.012 — DEATH INFORMATION PROVIDED TO CERTAIN HOSPITALS
HS § 191.012Title 3. VITAL STATISTICS · Ch. 191. ADMINISTRATION OF VITAL STATISTICS RECORDS · Art. A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
Statute text
View on source(a)In this section:
(1)"Hospital" means a hospital licensed under Chapter 241.
(2)"Trauma facility" has the meaning assigned by Section 773.003.
(b)The department shall implement an efficient and effective procedure to provide death information to a hospital designated as a Level I trauma facility to assist with the hospital's participation in the Medicaid managed care program operated under Chapter 540, Government Code.
(c)The procedure implemented under Subsection (b) at a minimum must provide the following information for each deceased person for whom a death certificate is filed with a local registrar in this state:
(1)the county of residence of the deceased;
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Legislative history
Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 833 (S.B. 1467), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2025.