Texas Administrative Code
Title 26 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Part 1 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
Chapter 559 - DAY ACTIVITY AND HEALTH SERVICES REQUIREMENTS
Subchapter E - INSPECTIONS, SURVEYS, AND VISITS
Section 559.87 - Procedures for Inspection of Public Records
Universal Citation: 26 TX Admin Code § 559.87
Current through Reg. 49, No. 52; December 27, 2024
(a) Procedures for inspection of public records are in accordance with Texas Government Code, Chapter 552, and as further described in this section.
(b) The HHSC Regulatory Services Division is responsible for the maintenance and release of records on licensed facilities and other related records.
(c) The application for inspection of public records is subject to the following criteria.
(1) The application must be made to
Regulatory Services, Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Mail Code
E-349, P.O. Box 149030, Austin, Texas 78714-9030.
(2) The requester must identify himself or
herself.
(3) The requester must
specify the records requested.
(4)
On written applications, if HHSC is unable to ascertain what records are being
requested, HHSC may return the written application to the requester for
clarification.
(5) HHSC provides
the requested records as soon as possible; however, if the records are in
active use, or in storage, or time is needed for proper de-identification or
preparation of the records for inspection, HHSC so advises the requester and
sets an hour and date within a reasonable time when the records will be
available.
(d) Original records may be inspected or copied, but in no instance will original records be removed from HHSC offices.
(e) HHSC Regulatory Services charges for copies of records requested.
(1) If the requester wants to inspect records
without requesting copies, the requester specifies the records to be inspected.
HHSC does not charge this service, unless the director of HHSC Regulatory
Services determines a charge is appropriate based on the nature of the
request.
(2) If the requester wants
copies of a record, the requester specifies in writing the records to be copied
on an appropriate HHSC form, and HHSC completes the form by specifying the cost
of the records, which the requester must pay in advance. Checks and other
instruments of payment must be made payable to the Texas Health and Human
Services Commission.
(3) Any
expenses for standard-size copies incurred in the reproduction, preparation, or
retrieval of records must be borne by the requester on a cost basis in
accordance with costs established by the Office of the Attorney General or HHSC
for office machine copies. All applicable sales taxes are added to the cost of
copying records.
(4) For documents
that are mailed, HHSC charges for postage at the time it charges for the
production.
(5) When a request
involves information pertaining to multiple facilities, HHSC may consider each
facility's information a separate request.
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