ENFORCEMENT; COMPLAINT RESOLUTION.
Tex. HEALTH & SAFETY Code § 258.006.
in effect(a) The commission shall enforce this chapter in accordance with:
(1) Subchapter C , Chapter 241 , against a hospital licensed under that chapter as if the hospital violated that chapter;
(2) Chapter 577 and rules adopted under Sections 577.010 and 577.013 , against a hospital licensed under Chapter 577 as if the hospital violated that chapter; and
(3) rules adopted under Section 241.026 (a).
(b) The commission shall establish a process to provide prompt review and timely resolution of each complaint submitted under this chapter. The commission must:
(1) develop a procedure, or designate an existing procedure, through which a party may submit a written or verbal complaint;
(2) establish a time to review and respond to the complaint; and
(3) provide the complainant written notice of the commission's decision regarding the complaint, including:
(A) the contact information of the commission employee responsible for the complaint;
(B) commission actions in reviewing, evaluating, or investigating the complaint;
(C) the results of the commission's review of the complaint;
(D) for each reviewed complaint for which an investigation is not conducted, an explanation of the reason the commission resolved the complaint without investigation; and
(E) the date the complaint is resolved.
(c) All information and materials in the possession of or obtained or compiled by the commission in connection with a complaint and investigation are confidential and not subject to disclosure in accordance with:
(1) Section 241.051 (d) for a complaint submitted against a hospital licensed under Chapter 241 ; or
(2) Section 577.013 (e) for a complaint submitted against a hospital licensed under Chapter 577 .
Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 398 (H.B. 2187 ), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2025.