Texas Administrative Code

Texas Administrative Code

TITLE 26	HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
PART 1	HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
CHAPTER 550	LICENSING STANDARDS FOR PRESCRIBED PEDIATRIC EXTENDED CARE CENTERS
SUBCHAPTER C	GENERAL PROVISIONS
DIVISION 8	RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES, ADVANCE DIRECTIVES, ABUSE, NEGLECT, AND EXPLOITATION, INVESTIGATIONS, DEATH REPORTING, AND INSPECTION RESULTS
RULE §550.905	Reporting of a Minor's Death

(a) A center must report to HHSC the death of a minor at the center and those minors transferred from the center to a hospital who expire within 24 hours after the transfer.

(b) A center must submit to the HHSC Complaint and Incident Intake Section an HHSC Provider Investigation Incident Report form no later than 10 days after the date a minor dies. A center must complete the HHSC Provider Investigation Incident Report form and include the following information:

(1) name of a deceased minor;

(2) social security number of a deceased minor;

(3) date, time, place of death; and

(4) name and address of a center.

Source Note: The provisions of this §550.905 adopted to be effective September 1, 2014, 39 TexReg 6569; transferred effective May 1, 2019, as published in the Texas Register April 12, 2019, 44 TexReg 1875; amended to be effective October 16, 2024, 49 TexReg 7929