Tex. Health & Safety Code Section 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.
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1045 (S.B. 186), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2023.

Source: Section 256.003 — Prohibited Discharge of Patients to Certain Group-centered Facilities, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.­256.­htm#256.­003 (accessed May 4, 2024).

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