Tex. Health & Safety Code § 552.204 · Subchapter F. RIGHT TO ESSENTIAL CAREGIVER VISITS
REVOCATION OF ESSENTIAL CAREGIVER DESIGNATION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A state hospital may revoke an individual's designation as an essential caregiver if the individual violates the hospital's policies, procedures, or safety protocols established under Section 552.203.
(b) If a state hospital revokes an individual's designation as an essential caregiver under this section, the patient, patient's guardian, or patient's legally authorized representative or, for a minor patient, the patient's parent, guardian, or managing conservator, has the right to immediately designate another individual as the patient's essential caregiver.
(c) The commission by rule shall establish an appeals process to evaluate the revocation of an individual's designation as an essential caregiver under this section.
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History
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1038 (S.B. 52), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2023.
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