Texas Health and Safety Code

§ 241.1865 — WAIVER FROM LEVEL OF CARE DESIGNATION REQUIREMENTS; CONDITIONAL DESIGNATION

HS § 241.1865Title 4. HEALTH FACILITIES · Part B. LICENSING OF HEALTH FACILITIES · Ch. 241. HOSPITALS · Art. H. HOSPITAL LEVEL OF CARE DESIGNATIONS FOR NEONATAL AND MATERNAL CARE

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(a)The department shall develop and implement a process through which a hospital may request and enter into an agreement with the department to:

(1)receive or maintain a level of care designation for which the hospital does not meet all requirements conditioned on the hospital, in accordance with a plan approved by the department and outlined under the agreement, satisfying all requirements for the level of care designation within a time specified under the agreement, which may not exceed the first anniversary of the effective date of the agreement; or

(2)waive one specific requirement for a level of care designation in accordance with Subsection (c).

(b)The process developed and implemented under this section must:

(1)subject to Subdivision (2), allow a hospital to submit a written request under Subsection (a) at any time;

(2)require a hospital to:

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 600 (S.B. 749), Sec. 2, eff. June 10, 2019.