Texas Health and Safety Code
§ 98.106 — DEPARTMENTAL SUMMARY
HS § 98.106Title 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 compile and make available to the public a summary, by health care facility, of:
(1)the infections reported by facilities under Section 98.103, including whether the infections resulted in the death of the patient while hospitalized; and
(2)the preventable adverse events reported by facilities under Section 98.1045.
(b)Information included in the departmental summary with respect to infections reported by facilities under Section 98.103 must be risk adjusted and include a comparison of the risk-adjusted infection rates for each health care facility in this state that is required to submit a report under Section 98.103.
(c)The department shall publish the departmental summary in a format that is easy to read.
(d)The department shall publish the departmental summary at least annually and may publish the summary more frequently as the department considers appropriate. Data made available to the public must include aggregate data covering a period of at least a full calendar quarter.
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Legislative history
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 724 (S.B. 203), Sec. 2(g), eff. September 1, 2009. Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 7 (S.B. 7), Sec. 6.07, eff. September 28, 2011. Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1072 (H.B. 3285), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2013. Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 946 (S.B. 277), Sec. 1.09(f), eff. September 1, 2015.