Texas Administrative Code
Title 26 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Part 1 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
Chapter 554 - NURSING FACILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR LICENSURE AND MEDICAID CERTIFICATION
Subchapter G - FREEDOM FROM ABUSE, NEGLECT, AND EXPLOITATION
Section 554.606 - Reporting of Resident Death Information
Current through Reg. 49, No. 38; September 20, 2024
(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:
(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.
