Tex. Health and Safety Code § 191.012: DEATH INFORMATION PROVIDED TO CERTAIN HOSPITALS.

(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;

(2) the date of birth of the deceased; and

(3) the full name of the deceased.

(d) Subject to available resources, the department may use the procedure implemented under Subsection (b) to provide death information to a hospital that is not designated as a Level I trauma facility.

Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 833 (S.B. 1467), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2025.