Texas Administrative Code
Title 26 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Part 1 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
Chapter 967 - STATE SUPPORTED LIVING CENTER INDEPENDENT MORTALITY REVIEW
Section 967.1 - Independent Mortality Review

The Texas Health and Human Services Commission contracts with an independent mortality review organization pursuant to Texas Government Code § 531.851(c). A state supported living center (SSLC) must report the death of a person with an intellectual or developmental disability who, at the time of the person's death or at any time during the 24-hour period before the person's death, resided in or received services from the SSLC. The death must be reported to the independent mortality review organization within 72 hours after the pronouncement of death.