Texas Health And Safety Code Title 4, Chapter 222 - Health Care Facility Survey, Construction, Inspection, And Regulation

SUBCHAPTER A SURVEY AND CONSTRUCTION OF HOSPITALS

• Texas Section 222.001 - Short Title
  This subchapter may be cited as the Texas Hospital Survey and Construction Act. Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989....
• Texas Section 222.002 - Definitions
  In this subchapter: (2) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of state health services. (3) "Department" means the Department of State Health Services. (3-a) "Executive commissioner" means...
• Texas Section 222.003 - Exception
  This subchapter does not apply to a hospital furnishing primarily domiciliary care. Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended...
• Texas Section 222.005 - Survey, Planning, And Construction Of Hospitals
  (a) The department is the only agency of the state authorized to make an inventory of existing hospitals, survey the need for construction of hospitals,...
• Texas Section 222.006 - Funding
  (a) The department shall accept, on behalf of the state, a payment of federal funds or a gift or grant made to assist in meeting...
• Texas Section 222.007 - Agreements For Use Of Facilities And Services Of Other Entities
  To the extent the department considers desirable to carry out the purposes of this subchapter, the department may enter into an agreement for the use...
• Texas Section 222.008 - Experts And Consultants
  The department may contract for services of experts or consultants, or organizations of experts or consultants, on a part-time or fee-for-service basis. The contracts may...

SUBCHAPTER B LIMITATION ON INSPECTION AND OTHER REGULATION OF HEALTH CARE FACILITIES

• Texas Section 222.009 - Report
  (a) The department annually shall report to the executive commissioner on activities and expenditures under this subchapter. (b) The department shall include in the report...
• Texas Section 222.022 - Definitions
  In this subchapter: (1) "Executive commissioner" means the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission. (2) "Health care facility" has the meaning assigned...
• Texas Section 222.023 - Limitation On Inspections
  (a) A state agency may make or require only those inspections necessary to carry out obligations imposed on the agency by federal and state laws,...
• Texas Section 222.024 - Certification Or Accreditation Instead Of Inspection
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), a hospital licensed by the Department of State Health Services is not subject to additional annual licensing inspections...
• Texas Section 222.026 - Complaint Investigations And Enforcement Authority
  (a) Section 222.024 does not affect the authority of the Department of State Health Services to implement and enforce the provisions of Chapter 241 (Texas...

SUBCHAPTER C SURVEYS OF INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH AN INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY

• Texas Section 222.027 - Physician On Survey Team
  The Department of State Health Services shall ensure that a licensed physician involved in direct patient care as defined by the Texas Medical Board is...
• Texas Section 222.041 - Definitions
  In this subchapter: (1) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of aging and disability services. (2) "Department" means the Department of Aging and Disability Services. (3) "Executive...
• Texas Section 222.042 - Licensing Of Beds And Facilities
  The department may not license or approve as meeting licensing standards new ICF-IID beds or the expansion of an existing ICF-IID facility unless the new...
• Texas Section 222.044 - Follow-up Surveys
  (a) The department shall conduct follow-up surveys of ICF-IID facilities to: (1) evaluate and monitor the findings of the certification or licensing survey teams; and...
• Texas Section 222.046 - Surveys Of Icf-iid Facilities
  (a) The department shall ensure that each survey team sent to survey an ICF-IID facility includes a qualified intellectual disabilities professional, as that term is...

Last modified: September 28, 2016