Title HS, Health and Safety Code

Sec. 252.151. ADMINISTRATION OF MEDICATION. The executive commissioner shall adopt rules relating to the administration of medication in facilities. Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 693, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997. Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. …

Sec. 252.152. REQUIRED MEDICAL EXAMINATION. (a) The department shall require each resident to be given at least one medical examination each year. (b) The executive commissioner shall specify the details of the examination. Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 693, Sec. 1, eff. Sep…

Sec. 252.181. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: (1) "Plan of care" means a written description of the care, training, and treatment needed by a person during respite care. (2) "Respite care" means the provision by a facility to a person, for not more than two weeks for each stay i…

Sec. 252.182. RESPITE CARE. (a) A facility licensed under this chapter may provide respite care for an individual who has a diagnosis of an intellectual disability or a related condition without regard to whether the individual is eligible to receive intermediate care services un…

Sec. 252.183. PLAN OF CARE. (a) The facility and the person arranging the care must agree on the plan of care and the plan must be filed at the facility before the facility admits the person for the care. (b) The plan of care must be signed by: (1) a licensed physician if the per…

Sec. 252.184. NOTIFICATION. A facility that offers respite care shall notify the department in writing that it offers respite care. Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 693, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.

Sec. 252.185. INSPECTIONS. The department, at the time of an ordinary licensing inspection or at other times determined necessary by the department, shall inspect a facility's records of respite care services, physical accommodations available for respite care, and the plan of ca…

Sec. 252.186. SUSPENSION. (a) The department may require a facility to cease providing respite care if the department determines that the respite care does not meet the standards required by this chapter and that the facility cannot comply with those standards in the respite care…

Sec. 252.201. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "gross receipts" means money paid as compensation for services provided to residents, including client participation. The term does not include charitable contributions to a facility. Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1284, Sec. 9.01…

Sec. 252.202. COMPUTING QUALITY ASSURANCE FEE. (a) A quality assurance fee is imposed on each facility for which a license fee must be paid under Section 252.034, on each facility owned by a community mental health and intellectual disability center, as described by Subchapter A,…

Sec. 252.203. PATIENT DAYS. For each calendar day, a facility shall determine the number of patient days by adding the following: (1) the number of patients occupying a facility bed immediately before midnight of that day; and (2) the number of beds that are on hold on that day a…

Sec. 252.204. REPORTING AND COLLECTION. (a) The commission or the department at the direction of the commission shall collect the quality assurance fee. (b) Each facility shall: (1) not later than the 20th day after the last day of a month file a report with the commission or the…

Sec. 252.205. RULES; ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTY. (a) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules for the administration of this subchapter, including rules related to the imposition and collection of the quality assurance fee. (b) The executive commissioner may not adopt rules grant…

Sec. 252.206. QUALITY ASSURANCE FUND. (a) The quality assurance fund is an account in the general revenue fund. Notwithstanding any other law, the comptroller shall deposit fees collected under this subchapter to the credit of the fund. (b) The quality assurance fund is composed …

Sec. 252.207. REIMBURSEMENT OF FACILITIES. (a) Subject to legislative appropriation and state and federal law, the commission may use money in the quality assurance fund, together with any federal money available to match that money: (1) to offset expenses incurred to administer …

Sec. 252.208. INVALIDITY; FEDERAL FUNDS. If any portion of this subchapter is held invalid by a final order of a court that is not subject to appeal, or if the commission determines that the imposition of the fee and the expenditure as prescribed by this subchapter of amounts col…