Texas Administrative Code
Title 26 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Part 1 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
Chapter 568 - STANDARDS OF CARE AND TREATMENT IN PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS
Subchapter E - DISCHARGE
Section 568.82 - Discharge Notices and Release of Minors
Current through Reg. 49, No. 38; September 20, 2024
(a) Discharge notice to family or legally authorized representative (LAR).
(b) Disclosure harmful to patient. As permitted by 45 C.F.R. § 164.524 and Texas Health and Safety Code § 611.0045(b), a hospital may deny a patient's LAR access to any portion of the patient's record if the hospital determines that the disclosure of such portion would be reasonably likely to endanger the life or physical safety of the patient or another person.
(c) Release of minors. Except as required by § 568.84(e) of this subchapter (relating to Discharge of an Involuntary Patient), upon discharge, the hospital may release a minor younger than 16 years of age only to the minor's LAR or the LAR's designee.
(d) Notice of protection and advocacy system. Upon discharge, the hospital shall provide the patient with written notification of the existence, purpose, telephone number, and address of the protection and advocacy system of the state of Texas, as required by Texas Health and Safety Code § 576.008.
