Title HS, Health and Safety Code

Sec. 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 the cost of carrying out the purpose of this subchapter, and may spend the payment, gift, or grant for that purpose. (b) The dep…

Sec. 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 of a facility or service of another public or priva…

Sec. 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 not involve the performance of administrative duties. Acts 1989, 71st …

Sec. 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 recommendations for additional legislation that the department considers appropriate t…

Sec. 222.022. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: (1) "Executive commissioner" means the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission. (2) "Health care facility" means a public or private hospital, skilled nursing facility, intermediate care facility, ambulator…

Sec. 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, rules, and regulations. (b) Instead of making an on-site inspection, a state agency shall acc…

Sec. 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 before the department issues the hospital a licen…

Sec. 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 Hospital Licensing Law) to: (1) reinspect a hospital if a h…

Sec. 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 included on a survey team sent under Title XVIII of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. S…

Sec. 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 commissioner" means the executive commissioner of the Health and Human…

Sec. 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 beds or the expansion was included in the plan approved by the Health and Huma…

Sec. 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 (2) ensure consistency in deficiencies cited and in punitive actions recommended…

Sec. 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 defined by federal law. (b) The department shall require that each su…