26 Tex. Admin. Code § 554.606 - Reporting of Resident Death Information
(a) All licensed facilities must report to
HHSC the death of any resident in the facility and any resident who is
transferred from the facility to a hospital and who dies within 24 hours after
transfer.
(b) The facility must
submit to HHSC Complaint and Incident Intake a standard HHSC form within ten
working days after the last day of the month in which a resident death occurs.
The form must include:
(1) name of
deceased;
(2) social security
number of the deceased;
(3) date of
death; and
(4) name and address of
the institution.
(c)
These reports are confidential under the Texas Health and Safety Code, §
260A.016;
however, a licensed facility must make available historical statistics provided
to the facility by HHSC and must provide the statistics, if requested, to an
applicant for admission or the applicant's representative.
(d) HHSC produces statistical information of
official causes of death to determine patterns and trends of incidents of death
among the elderly and in specific facilities and makes this information
available to the public upon request.
Notes
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