Texas Health and Safety Code
§ 98.102 — DEPARTMENTAL RESPONSIBILITIES; REPORTING SYSTEM
HS § 98.102Title 2. HEALTH · Part D. PREVENTION, CONTROL, AND REPORTS OF DISEASES; PUBLIC HEALTH DISASTERS AND EMERGENCIES · Ch. 98. REPORTING OF HEALTH CARE-ASSOCIATED INFECTIONS AND PREVENTABLE ADVERSE EVENTS · Art. C. DUTIES OF DEPARTMENT; REPORTING SYSTEM
Statute text
View on source(a)The department shall establish the Texas Health Care-Associated Infection and Preventable Adverse Events Reporting System within the department. The purpose of the reporting system is to provide for:
(1)the reporting of health care-associated infections by health care facilities to the department;
(2)the reporting of health care-associated preventable adverse events by health care facilities to the department;
(3)the public reporting of information regarding the health care-associated infections by the department;
(4)the public reporting of information regarding health care-associated preventable adverse events by the department; and
(5)the education and training of health care facility staff by the department regarding this chapter.
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Legislative history
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 724 (S.B. 203), Sec. 2(e), eff. September 1, 2009. Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 7 (S.B. 7), Sec. 6.02, eff. September 28, 2011.