Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Health and Safety Code § 98.1046: PUBLIC REPORTING OF CERTAIN POTENTIALLY PREVENTABLE EVENTS FOR HOSPITALS.

Where this section sits in the code

HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE
TITLE 2. HEALTH
SUBTITLE D. PREVENTION, CONTROL, AND REPORTS OF DISEASES; PUBLIC HEALTH DISASTERS AND EMERGENCIES
CHAPTER 98. REPORTING OF HEALTH CARE-ASSOCIATED INFECTIONS AND PREVENTABLE ADVERSE EVENTS
SUBCHAPTER C. DUTIES OF DEPARTMENT; REPORTING SYSTEM

(a) The department, using data submitted under Chapter 108, shall publicly report for hospitals in this state risk-adjusted outcome rates for those potentially preventable complications and potentially preventable readmissions that the department has determined to be the most effective measures of quality and efficiency.

(b) The department shall make the reports compiled under Subsection (a) available to the public on the department's Internet website.

(c) The department may not disclose the identity of a patient or health care professional in the reports authorized in this section.

Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 7 (S.B. 7), Sec. 6.05, eff. September 28, 2011.

Amended by:

Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 837 (S.B. 200), Sec. 3.32, eff. January 1, 2016.

Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 946 (S.B. 277), Sec. 1.14(b), eff. September 1, 2015.

Collected 2026-08-27T01:47:17Z. Source file · JSON

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