Texas Health And Safety Code Title 4, Chapter 255 - Quality Assurance Early Warning System For Long-term Care Facilities; Rapid Response Teams

• Texas Section 255.001 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Department" means the Department of Aging and Disability Services. (2) "Long-term care facility" means a nursing institution, an assisted living facility,...
• Texas Section 255.002 - Early Warning System
  The department shall establish an early warning system to detect conditions that could be detrimental to the health, safety, and welfare of residents. The early...
• Texas Section 255.003 - Quality-of-care Monitors
  (a) The department shall establish regional offices with one or more quality-of-care monitors, based on the number of long-term care facilities in the region, to...
• Texas Section 255.004 - Rapid Response Teams
  (a) In this section: (1) "Abuse" has the meaning assigned by Section 260A.001. (2) "Immediate threat to health and safety" means a situation in which...
• Texas Section 255.005 - Report
  The department shall assess and evaluate the effectiveness of the quality assurance early warning system and shall report its findings annually to the governor, the...

Last modified: September 28, 2016