26 Tex. Admin. Code § 551.213 - Reporting Incidents to HHSC
(a) In
this section, serious physical injury is defined as in Chapter 711 of this
title (relating to Investigations of Individuals Receiving Services from
Certain Providers).
(b) A facility
must report any of the following incidents to HHSC's Complaint and Incident
Intake Section at 1-800-458-9858 within one hour after suspecting or learning
of the incident:
(1) alleged (Class I)
physical abuse of a resident, as defined in Chapter 711 of this title, that
caused or may have caused serious physical injury;
(2) alleged (Class I) sexual abuse of a
resident, as defined in Chapter 711 of this title;
(3) sexual activity between residents
resulting from coercion, physical force, or taking advantage of the disability
of a resident;
(4) sexual activity
involving a resident less than 18 years of age;
(5) the pregnancy of a resident;
(6) resident-to-resident aggression that
results in serious physical injury;
(7) the death of a resident; and
(8) a resident whose location has been
unknown by the facility for more than eight hours or less than eight hours if
there are circumstances that place the resident's health or safety at
risk.
(c) Within five
working days after making a report described in subsection (b) of this section,
the facility must ensure an investigation of the incident is conducted and send
a written investigation report on Form 3613A, Provider Investigation Report, or
a form containing, at a minimum, the information required by Form 3613A, to
HHSC's Complaint and Incident Intake.
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