Bill Text: TX SB186 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the prohibited discharge of a patient to certain unlicensed or unpermitted group-centered facilities.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-18 - Effective on 9/1/23 [SB186 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB186-Enrolled.html
| S.B. No. 186 | ||
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| relating to the prohibited discharge of a patient to certain | ||
| unlicensed or unpermitted group-centered facilities. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. The heading to Chapter 256, Health and Safety | ||
| Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
| CHAPTER 256. SAFE PATIENT HANDLING, [ |
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| PRACTICES | ||
| SECTION 2. Chapter 256, Health and Safety Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Section 256.003 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 256.003. PROHIBITED DISCHARGE OF PATIENTS TO CERTAIN | ||
| GROUP-CENTERED FACILITIES. (a) Subject to Subsection (b), a | ||
| hospital or other health facility may discharge or otherwise | ||
| release a patient to the care of a group home, boarding home | ||
| facility, or similar group-centered facility only if the person who | ||
| operates the group-centered facility holds a license or permit | ||
| issued in accordance with applicable state law. | ||
| (b) A hospital or other health facility may discharge or | ||
| otherwise release a patient to the care of a group home, boarding | ||
| home facility, or similar group-centered facility operated by a | ||
| person who does not hold a license or permit issued in accordance | ||
| with applicable state law only if: | ||
| (1) no group-centered facility is operated in the | ||
| county in which the patient is discharged by a person who holds the | ||
| applicable license or permit; or | ||
| (2) the patient voluntarily elects to reside in the | ||
| group-centered facility of the unlicensed or unpermitted person. | ||
| (c) A hospital or other health facility is not liable for | ||
| damages to a patient resulting from the patient's discharge or | ||
| release to a group home, boarding home facility, or similar | ||
| group-centered facility under Subsection (b). | ||
| (d) A local health authority may not issue an order | ||
| authorizing a hospital or health facility to discharge or release a | ||
| patient to a group-centered facility in a manner that conflicts | ||
| with this section. | ||
| SECTION 3. Section 256.003(c), Health and Safety Code, as | ||
| added by this Act, applies only to a cause of action that accrues on | ||
| or after the effective date of this Act. | ||
| SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 186 passed the Senate on | ||
| April 20, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 186 passed the House on | ||
| May 24, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 122, Nays 17, one | ||
| present not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
