Bill Text: TX HB118 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to requiring the provision of notice by certain hospitals regarding patients' medical records.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective on 9/1/11 [HB118 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB118-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 118 |
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relating to requiring the provision of notice by certain hospitals | ||
regarding patients' medical records. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 241.103, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: | ||
(d) A hospital shall provide written notice to a patient, or | ||
a patient's legally authorized representative as that term is | ||
defined by Section 241.151, that the hospital, unless the exception | ||
in Subsection (c) applies, may authorize the disposal of medical | ||
records relating to the patient on or after the periods specified in | ||
this section. The notice shall be provided to the patient or the | ||
patient's legally authorized representative not later than the date | ||
on which the patient who is or will be the subject of a medical | ||
record is treated, except in an emergency treatment situation. In | ||
an emergency treatment situation, the notice shall be provided to | ||
the patient or the patient's legally authorized representative as | ||
soon as is reasonably practicable following the emergency treatment | ||
situation. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 118 was passed by the House on April | ||
7, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, 1 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 118 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
17, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |