Tex. Health & Safety Code § 317.005 · Chapter 317. DESIGNATION OF CAREGIVER FOR RECEIPT OF AFTERCARE INSTRUCTION
INSTRUCTION IN AFTERCARE TASKS.
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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Before a patient's discharge from the hospital to any setting in which health care services are not regularly provided to others, the hospital shall provide the designated caregiver instruction and training as necessary for the caregiver to perform aftercare tasks.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 163 (H.B. 2425), Sec. 1, eff. May 26, 2017.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.317.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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