Tex. Health & Safety Code Section 257.005
Reporting of Staffing Information to Department

(a)

A hospital shall annually report to the department on:

(1)

whether the hospital’s governing body has adopted a nurse staffing policy as required by Section 257.003 (Nurse Staffing Policy and Plan);

(2)

whether the hospital has established a nurse staffing committee as required by Section 257.004 (Nurse Staffing Committee) that meets the membership requirements of that section;

(3)

whether the nurse staffing committee has evaluated the hospital’s official nurse services staffing plan as required by Section 257.004 (Nurse Staffing Committee) and has reported the results of the evaluation to the hospital’s governing body as provided by that section; and

(4)

the nurse-sensitive outcome measures the committee adopted for use in evaluating the hospital’s official nurse services staffing plan.

(b)

Information reported under Subsection (a) is public information.

(c)

To the extent possible, the department shall collect the data required under Subsection (a) as part of a survey required by the department under other law.
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 742 (S.B. 476), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2009.

Source: Section 257.005 — Reporting of Staffing Information to Department, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.­257.­htm#257.­005 (accessed May 4, 2024).

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