Bill Text: TX SB505 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Comm Sub
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Bill Title: Relating to the prohibited discharge of a patient to certain unlicensed or unpermitted group-centered facilities.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2021-05-23 - Received from the Senate [SB505 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB505-Comm_Sub.html
Bill Title: Relating to the prohibited discharge of a patient to certain unlicensed or unpermitted group-centered facilities.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2021-05-23 - Received from the Senate [SB505 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB505-Comm_Sub.html
By: Miles, Campbell | S.B. No. 505 | |
(In the Senate - Filed January 28, 2021; March 9, 2021, read | ||
first time and referred to Committee on Health & Human Services; | ||
May 20, 2021, reported adversely, with favorable Committee | ||
Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 1; May 20, 2021, | ||
sent to printer.) | ||
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 505 | By: Perry |
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relating to the prohibited discharge of a patient to certain | ||
unlicensed or unpermitted group-centered facilities. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. The heading to Chapter 256, Health and Safety | ||
Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
CHAPTER 256. SAFE PATIENT HANDLING, [ |
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PRACTICES | ||
SECTION 2. Chapter 256, Health and Safety Code, is amended | ||
by adding Section 256.003 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 256.003. PROHIBITED DISCHARGE OF PATIENTS TO CERTAIN | ||
FACILITIES. (a) Subject to Subsection (b), a hospital or other | ||
health facility may discharge or otherwise release a patient to the | ||
care of a group home, boarding home facility, or similar | ||
group-centered facility only if the person who operates the | ||
facility holds a license or permit issued in accordance with | ||
applicable state law. | ||
(b) A hospital or other health facility may discharge or | ||
otherwise release a patient to the care of a group home, boarding | ||
home facility, or similar group-centered facility operated by a | ||
person who does not hold a license or permit issued in accordance | ||
with applicable state law only if: | ||
(1) no facility described by this section is operated | ||
in the county by a person who holds the applicable license or | ||
permit; or | ||
(2) the patient voluntarily elects to reside in the | ||
facility of the unlicensed or unpermitted person. | ||
(c) A hospital or other health facility is not liable for | ||
damages to a patient resulting from the patient's discharge or | ||
release to a group home, boarding home facility, or similar | ||
group-centered facility under Subsection (b). | ||
(d) A local health authority may not issue an order | ||
authorizing a hospital or health facility to discharge or release a | ||
patient to a facility in a manner that conflicts with this section. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
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