(13) “Health care liability claim” means a cause of action against a health care provider or physician for treatment, lack of treatment, or other claimed departure from accepted standards of medical care, or health care, or safety or professional or administrative services directly related to health care, which proximately results in injury to …
HHSC is required to regulate certain types of health care facilities to protect consumer and patient health and safety by ensuring compliance with state laws and rules.
Texas Health and Human Services Commission Proposed Rules Re: Amending 1 TAC §§351.805, 351.821, 351.823, 351.825, 351.827, to revise language and update citations to align with the rule with the statute and Executive Order No. GA-55 issued January 31, 2025. … Read More.
THA’s latest health law manual, 2023 New Health Care Laws: From the 88th Texas Legislature, analyzes the new health care-impacting laws that emerged from this year’s regular session that gaveled out in late May, grouped by category.
In this chapter: (1) “Appropriate and medically necessary” means the standard for health care services as determined by physicians and health care providers in accordance with the prevailing practices and standards of the medical profession and community.