Section 98.1046 - Public Reporting of Certain Potentially Preventable Events for Hospitals(a) The department, using data submitted under Chapter 108, shall publicly report for hospitals in this state risk-adjusted outcome rates for those potentially preventable complications and potentially preventable readmissions that the department has determined to be the most effective measures of quality and efficiency.(b) The department shall make the reports compiled under Subsection (a) available to the public on the department's Internet website.(c) The department may not disclose the identity of a patient or health care professional in the reports authorized in this section.Tex. Health and Safety Code § 98.1046
Amended by Acts 2015, Texas Acts of the 84th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 946,Sec. 1.14, eff. 9/1/2015.Amended by Acts 2015, Texas Acts of the 84th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 837,Sec. 3.32, eff. 1/1/2016.Added by Acts 2011SP1, Texas Acts of the 82nd Leg. -Special Session, ch. 7,Sec. 6.05, eff. 9/28/2011.