Texas § 251.015 MEDICAL REVIEW BOARD.

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§ 251.015 — MEDICAL REVIEW BOARD.

Texas § 251.015

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Tex. Health and Safety Code Code Ann. § 251.015 (2026).

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Sec. 251.015. MEDICAL REVIEW BOARD.

(a)A medical review board shall advise the executive commissioner and the department on minimum standards and rules to be adopted by the executive commissioner under this chapter.

(b)The medical review board shall review the information on quality of care provided in the annual report filed under Section 251.013 (f) and other appropriate information provided to or compiled by the department with respect to an end stage renal disease facility. Based on the review, the medical review board may advise the department about the quality of care provided by a facility and recommend an appropriate corrective action plan under Section 251.061 or other enforcement proceedings against the facility.

(c)Information concerning quality of care provided to or compile

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Sec. 251.015. MEDICAL REVIEW BOARD. (a) A medical review board shall advise the executive commissioner and the department on minimum standards and rules to be adopted by the executive commissioner under this chapter.
(b) The medical review board shall review the information on quality of care provided in the annual report filed under Section 251.013 (f) and other appropriate information provided to or compiled by the department with respect to an end stage renal disease facility. Based on the review, the medical review board may advise the department about the quality of care provided by a facility and recommend an appropriate corrective action plan under Section 251.061 or other enforcement proceedings against the facility.
(c) Information concerning quality of care provided to or compiled by the department or medical review board and a recommendation of the medical review board are confidential. The information or recommendation may not be made available for public inspection, is not subject to disclosure under Chapter 552 , Government Code, and is not subject to discovery, subpoena, or other compulsory legal process.
(d) The department, in its discretion, may release to a facility information relating to that facility that is made confidential under Subsection (c). Release of information to a facility under this subsection does not waive the confidentiality of that information or the privilege from compulsory legal process.

Legislative History

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 608, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219 ), Sec. 3.0762, eff. April 2, 2015.