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Chapter 311 - Powers and Duties of Hospitals
Subchapter A. General Provisions
Section 311.001. Special Hospital Requirements for Graduate of Foreign Medical School Prohibited - Sec. 311.001. SPECIAL HOSPITAL REQUIREMENTS FOR GRADUATE OF FOREIGN MEDICAL...
Section 311.002. Itemized Statement of Billed Services - Sec. 311.002. ITEMIZED STATEMENT OF BILLED SERVICES. (a) Each hospital...
Section 311.0025. Audits of Billing - Sec. 311.0025. AUDITS OF BILLING. (a) A hospital, treatment facility,...
Section 311.003. Reimbursement for Infant Transport to Hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Unit - Sec. 311.003. REIMBURSEMENT FOR INFANT TRANSPORT TO HOSPITAL NEONATAL INTENSIVE...
Section 311.004. Standardized Patient Risk Identification System - Sec. 311.004. STANDARDIZED PATIENT RISK IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM. (a) In this...
Subchapter B. Emergency Services
Section 311.021. Definition - Sec. 311.021. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "emergency services" means services...
Section 311.022. Discrimination Prohibited in Denial of Services; Criminal Penalties - Sec. 311.022. DISCRIMINATION PROHIBITED IN DENIAL OF SERVICES; CRIMINAL PENALTIES....
Section 311.023. No Liability for Failure to Provide Emergency Services After Good Faith Effort - Sec. 311.023. NO LIABILITY FOR FAILURE TO PROVIDE EMERGENCY SERVICES...
Section 311.024. Payment for Services Required - Sec. 311.024. PAYMENT FOR SERVICES REQUIRED. This subchapter does not...
Subchapter C. Hospital Data Reporting and Collection System
Section 311.031. Definitions - Sec. 311.031. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: (1) Repealed by Acts...
Section 311.032. Department Administration of Hospital Reporting and Collection System - Sec. 311.032. DEPARTMENT ADMINISTRATION OF HOSPITAL REPORTING AND COLLECTION SYSTEM....
Section 311.033. Financial and Utilization Data Required - Sec. 311.033. FINANCIAL AND UTILIZATION DATA REQUIRED. (a) A hospital...
Section 311.0335. Mental Health and Chemical Dependency Data - Sec. 311.0335. MENTAL HEALTH AND CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY DATA. (a) A...
Section 311.035. Use of Data - Sec. 311.035. USE OF DATA. (a) The department shall use...
Section 311.036. Data Verification - Sec. 311.036. DATA VERIFICATION. (a) Before the department may publish...
Section 311.037. Confidential Data; Criminal Penalty - Sec. 311.037. CONFIDENTIAL DATA; CRIMINAL PENALTY. (a) The following data...
Section 311.039. Exemption - Sec. 311.039. EXEMPTION. A hospital may, but is not required...
Subchapter D. Community Benefits and Charity Care
Section 311.041. Policy Statement - Sec. 311.041. POLICY STATEMENT. It is the purpose of this...
Section 311.042. Definitions - Sec. 311.042. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: (1) "Charity care" means...
Section 311.043. Duty of Nonprofit Hospitals to Provide Community Benefits - Sec. 311.043. DUTY OF NONPROFIT HOSPITALS TO PROVIDE COMMUNITY BENEFITS....
Section 311.044. Community Benefits Planning by Nonprofit Hospitals - Sec. 311.044. COMMUNITY BENEFITS PLANNING BY NONPROFIT HOSPITALS. (a) A...
Section 311.045. Community Benefits and Charity Care Requirements - Sec. 311.045. COMMUNITY BENEFITS AND CHARITY CARE REQUIREMENTS. (a) A...
Section 311.0455. Annual Report by the Department - Sec. 311.0455. ANNUAL REPORT BY THE DEPARTMENT. (a) The department...
Section 311.0456. Eligibility and Certification for Limited Liability - Sec. 311.0456. ELIGIBILITY AND CERTIFICATION FOR LIMITED LIABILITY. (a) In...
Section 311.046. Annual Report of Community Benefits Plan - Sec. 311.046. ANNUAL REPORT OF COMMUNITY BENEFITS PLAN. (a) A...
Section 311.0461. Informational Manual - Sec. 311.0461. INFORMATIONAL MANUAL. The department shall annually publish a...
Section 311.047. Penalties - Sec. 311.047. PENALTIES. The department may assess a civil penalty...
Section 311.048. Rights and Remedies - Sec. 311.048. RIGHTS AND REMEDIES. The rights and remedies provided...
Subchapter E. Employment of Physicians by Certain Hospitals Associated With Nonprofit Fraternal Organizations
Section 311.061. Applicability of Subchapter - Sec. 311.061. APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER. This subchapter applies only to...
Section 311.062. Employment of Physicians Permitted - Sec. 311.062. EMPLOYMENT OF PHYSICIANS PERMITTED. (a) A hospital may...
Section 311.063. Duties and Hospital Policies - Sec. 311.063. DUTIES AND HOSPITAL POLICIES. (a) A hospital that...
Section 311.064. Construction of Subchapter - Sec. 311.064. CONSTRUCTION OF SUBCHAPTER. This subchapter may not be...
Subchapter F. Employment of Physicians by Certain Hospitals
Section 311.081. Applicability and Construction of Subchapter - Sec. 311.081. APPLICABILITY AND CONSTRUCTION OF SUBCHAPTER. (a) This subchapter...
Section 311.082. Employment of Physicians Permitted - Sec. 311.082. EMPLOYMENT OF PHYSICIANS PERMITTED. A hospital may employ...
Section 311.083. Hospital Duties and Policies - Sec. 311.083. HOSPITAL DUTIES AND POLICIES. (a) A hospital that...
Chapter 312 - Medical and Dental Clinical Education in Public Hospitals
Section 312.001. Finding; Purpose - Sec. 312.001. FINDING; PURPOSE. (a) The legislature finds that the...
Section 312.002. Definitions - Sec. 312.002. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) Repealed by Acts...
Section 312.003. Agreement Required - Sec. 312.003. AGREEMENT REQUIRED. This chapter applies only if the...
Section 312.004. Contracts for Coordination or Cooperation - Sec. 312.004. CONTRACTS FOR COORDINATION OR COOPERATION. (a) Medical and...
Section 312.005. Approval of Contracts - Sec. 312.005. APPROVAL OF CONTRACTS. (a) To be effective, a...
Section 312.006. Limitation on Liability - Sec. 312.006. LIMITATION ON LIABILITY. (a) A medical and dental...
Section 312.007. Individual Liability - Sec. 312.007. INDIVIDUAL LIABILITY. (a) A medical and dental unit,...
Chapter 313 - Consent to Medical Treatment Act
Section 313.001. Short Title - Sec. 313.001. SHORT TITLE. This chapter may be cited as...
Section 313.002. Definitions - Sec. 313.002. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Adult" means a...
Section 313.003. Exceptions and Application - Sec. 313.003. EXCEPTIONS AND APPLICATION. (a) This chapter does not...
Section 313.004. Consent for Medical Treatment - Sec. 313.004. CONSENT FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT. (a) If an adult...
Section 313.005. Prerequisites for Consent - Sec. 313.005. PREREQUISITES FOR CONSENT. (a) If an adult patient...
Section 313.006. Liability for Medical Treatment Costs - Sec. 313.006. LIABILITY FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT COSTS. Liability for the...
Section 313.007. Limitation on Liability - Sec. 313.007. LIMITATION ON LIABILITY. (a) A surrogate decision-maker is...
Chapter 314 - Cooperative Agreements Among Hospitals
Section 314.001. Definitions - Sec. 314.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Attorney general" means...
Section 314.002. Review and Certification of Cooperative Agreements - Sec. 314.002. REVIEW AND CERTIFICATION OF COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS. (a) A...
Section 314.003. Attorney General Authority - Sec. 314.003. ATTORNEY GENERAL AUTHORITY. (a) The attorney general, at...
Section 314.004. Monitoring of Approved Cooperative Agreements - Sec. 314.004. MONITORING OF APPROVED COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS. (a) If, at...
Section 314.005. Judicial Review of Department Action - Sec. 314.005. JUDICIAL REVIEW OF DEPARTMENT ACTION. Any party aggrieved...
Section 314.006. Validity of Certified Cooperative Agreements - Sec. 314.006. VALIDITY OF CERTIFIED COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS. (a) Notwithstanding Section...
Section 314.007. Mergers and Consolidations Involving Hospitals - Sec. 314.007. MERGERS AND CONSOLIDATIONS INVOLVING HOSPITALS. The provisions of...
Section 314.008. Exclusions; Authority to Adopt Rules - Sec. 314.008. EXCLUSIONS; AUTHORITY TO ADOPT RULES. (a) This chapter...
Chapter 314A - Merger Agreements Among Certain Hospitals
Section 314A.001. Definitions - Sec. 314A.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Attorney general" means...
Section 314A.002. Applicability - Sec. 314A.002. APPLICABILITY. This chapter applies only to a merger...
Section 314A.003. Legislative Findings and Purposes; Grant of Antitrust Immunity - Sec. 314A.003. LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS AND PURPOSES; GRANT OF ANTITRUST IMMUNITY....
Section 314A.004. Designation of Supervising State Agency - Sec. 314A.004. DESIGNATION OF SUPERVISING STATE AGENCY. (a) The governor...
Section 314A.005. Rulemaking - Sec. 314A.005. RULEMAKING. The designated agency shall adopt rules for...
Subchapter B. Certificate of Public Advantage
Section 314A.051. Review and Certification of Merger Agreements Required - Sec. 314A.051. REVIEW AND CERTIFICATION OF MERGER AGREEMENTS REQUIRED. (a)...
Section 314A.052. Application - Sec. 314A.052. APPLICATION. (a) One or more parties to a...
Section 314A.053. Application Fee - Sec. 314A.053. APPLICATION FEE. (a) The designated agency may assess...
Section 314A.054. Review of Application by Designated Agency; Grant or Denial of Application - Sec. 314A.054. REVIEW OF APPLICATION BY DESIGNATED AGENCY; GRANT OR...
Section 314A.055. Review of Application by Attorney General - Sec. 314A.055. REVIEW OF APPLICATION BY ATTORNEY GENERAL. (a) The...
Section 314A.056. Issuance of Certificate of Public Advantage - Sec. 314A.056. ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC ADVANTAGE. (a) The...
Section 314A.057. Records - Sec. 314A.057. RECORDS. The designated agency shall maintain records of...
Section 314A.058. Termination of Certificate of Public Advantage by Hospital - Sec. 314A.058. TERMINATION OF CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC ADVANTAGE BY HOSPITAL....
Section 314A.059. Annual Review of Certificate - Sec. 314A.059. ANNUAL REVIEW OF CERTIFICATE. (a) The designated agency...
Subchapter C. Supervision of Merged Hospitals Under Approved Merger Agreement
Section 314A.101. Supervision of Merged Hospitals - Sec. 314A.101. SUPERVISION OF MERGED HOSPITALS. The designated agency shall...
Section 314A.102. Rate Review - Sec. 314A.102. RATE REVIEW. (a) A change in rates for...
Section 314A.103. Annual Report - Sec. 314A.103. ANNUAL REPORT. Each hospital operating under a certificate...
Section 314A.104. Corrective Action Plan - Sec. 314A.104. CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN. (a) The designated agency shall...
Section 314A.105. Supervision Fee - Sec. 314A.105. SUPERVISION FEE. (a) The designated agency may assess...
Subchapter D. Enforcement Authority by Designated Agency
Section 314A.151. Investigation; Revocation of Certificate - Sec. 314A.151. INVESTIGATION; REVOCATION OF CERTIFICATE. With respect to each...
Section 314A.152. Judicial Review of Designated Agency Action - Sec. 314A.152. JUDICIAL REVIEW OF DESIGNATED AGENCY ACTION. (a) A...
Subchapter E. Attorney General Investigation and Enforcement Authority
Section 314A.201. Civil Investigative Demand - Sec. 314A.201. CIVIL INVESTIGATIVE DEMAND. (a) The attorney general, at...
Section 314A.202. Action to Revoke Certificate of Public Advantage Following Changed Circumstances - Sec. 314A.202. ACTION TO REVOKE CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC ADVANTAGE FOLLOWING...
Chapter 315 - Authority to Borrow Money for Public Hospitals
Section 315.001. Definition - Sec. 315.001. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "local governmental entity" includes:...
Section 315.002. Authority to Borrow Money for Public Hospital; Security - Sec. 315.002. AUTHORITY TO BORROW MONEY FOR PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SECURITY....
Chapter 316 - Establishment of Health Care Collaboratives
Section 316.001. Authority to Establish Health Care Collaborative - Sec. 316.001. AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH HEALTH CARE COLLABORATIVE. A public...
Chapter 317 - Designation of Caregiver for Receipt of Aftercare Instruction
Section 317.001. Definitions - Sec. 317.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Aftercare" means assistance...
Section 317.0015. Applicability - Sec. 317.0015. APPLICABILITY. This chapter applies only to a patient...
Section 317.002. Designation of Caregiver - Sec. 317.002. DESIGNATION OF CAREGIVER. (a) On admission to a...
Section 317.003. Notice to Designated Caregiver - Sec. 317.003. NOTICE TO DESIGNATED CAREGIVER. (a) Except as provided...
Section 317.004. Discharge Plan - Sec. 317.004. DISCHARGE PLAN. (a) Except as provided by Section...
Section 317.005. Instruction in Aftercare Tasks - Sec. 317.005. INSTRUCTION IN AFTERCARE TASKS. Before a patient's discharge...
Section 317.006. Rules - Sec. 317.006. RULES. The executive commissioner of the Health and...
Section 317.007. Rights and Remedies - Sec. 317.007. RIGHTS AND REMEDIES. (a) This chapter may not...