Tex.
Health & Safety Code Section 323.002
Plan for Emergency Services
(a)
Each health care facility that has an emergency department shall comply with Sections 323.004 (Minimum Standards for Emergency Services) and 323.0044 (Provision of Emergency Services to Certain Adult Sexual Assault Survivors). At the request of the department, a health care facility that has an emergency department shall submit to the department for approval a plan for providing the services required by Section 323.004 (Minimum Standards for Emergency Services) to sexual assault survivors who arrive for treatment at the emergency department of the health care facility.(b)
The executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission shall adopt procedures for submission, approval, and modification of a plan required under this section.(c)
A health care facility shall submit the plan required by this section not later than the 60th day after the date the department requests the plan.(d)
The department shall approve or reject the plan not later than the 120th day after the date the plan is submitted.
Source:
Section 323.002 — Plan for Emergency Services, https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.323.htm#323.002 (accessed Jun. 5, 2024).
