{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-242.403","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 242.403","heading":"STANDARDS FOR QUALITY OF LIFE AND QUALITY OF CARE.","body":"(a) The executive commissioner shall adopt standards to implement Sections 242.401 and 242.402. Those standards must, at a minimum, address:\n(1) admission of residents;\n(2) care of residents younger than 18 years of age;\n(3) an initial assessment and comprehensive plan of care for residents;\n(4) transfer or discharge of residents;\n(5) clinical records;\n(6) infection control at the institution;\n(7) rehabilitative services;\n(8) food services;\n(9) nutrition services provided by a director of food services who is licensed by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation under Chapter 701, Occupations Code, or, if not so licensed, who is in scheduled consultation with a person who is so licensed as frequently and for such time as the executive commissioner shall determine necessary to assure each resident a diet that meets the daily nutritional and special dietary needs of each resident;\n(10) social services and activities;\n(11) prevention of pressure sores;\n(12) bladder and bowel retraining programs for residents;\n(13) prevention of complications from nasogastric or gastrotomy tube feedings;\n(14) relocation of residents within an institution;\n(15) postmortem procedures; and\n(16) appropriate use of chemical and physical restraints.\n(b) The executive commissioner may require an institution to submit information to the department, including Minimum Data Set Resident Assessments, necessary to ensure the quality of care in institutions. Information submitted to the department that identifies a resident of an institution is confidential and not subject to disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code.\n(c) The executive commissioner may adopt standards in addition to those required by Subsection (a) to implement Sections 242.401 and 242.402.\nAdded by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1159, Sec. 1.30, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.\nAmended by:\nActs 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 667 (S.B. 48), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0653, eff. April 2, 2015.\nActs 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 324 (S.B. 1488), Sec. 9.002, eff. September 1, 2017.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 4. HEALTH FACILITIES","SUBTITLE B. LICENSING OF HEALTH FACILITIES","CHAPTER 242. CONVALESCENT AND NURSING FACILITIES AND RELATED INSTITUTIONS","SUBCHAPTER K. QUALITY OF CARE"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.242.htm#242.403","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"022634987f1cc8bf4f7e8d122cfe4038d0daf728638cb961ce1b68e10cdc35a7","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-242.402","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-242.404"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}