Texas Health and Safety Code
§ 241.012 — IN-PERSON HOSPITAL VISITATION DURING PERIOD OF DISASTER
HS § 241.012Title 4. HEALTH FACILITIES · Part B. LICENSING OF HEALTH FACILITIES · Ch. 241. HOSPITALS · Art. A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
Statute text
View on source(a)In this section:
(1)"Hospital" means a hospital licensed under this chapter.
(2)"Qualifying official disaster order" means an order, proclamation, or other instrument issued by the governor, another official of this state, or the governing body or an official of a political subdivision of this state declaring a disaster that has infectious disease as the basis for the declared disaster.
(3)"Qualifying period of disaster" means the period of time the area in which a hospital is located is declared to be a disaster area by a qualifying official disaster order.
(4)"Religious counselor" means an individual acting substantially in a pastoral or religious capacity to provide spiritual counsel to other individuals.
(b)A hospital may not during a qualifying period of disaster prohibit in-person visitation with a patient receiving care or treatment at the hospital unless federal law or a federal agency requires the hospital to prohibit in-person visitation during that period.
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Legislative history
Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 688 (H.B. 2211), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2021.