TITLE rule-review

Proposed Rule Review

Texas Department of Health

Title 25, Part 1

The Texas Department of Health (department) will review and consider for readoption, revision or repeal Title 25, Texas Administrative Code, Part 1, Chapter 193, Administrative Services, §193.1 and §193.2.

This review is in accordance with the requirements of the Texas Government Code, §2001.039, the General Appropriations Act, Article IX, §9-10.13, 76th Legislature, 1999.

An assessment will be made by the department as to whether the reasons for adopting or readopting these rules continue to exist. This assessment will be continued during the rule review process. Each rule will be reviewed to determine whether it is obsolete, whether the rule reflects current legal and policy considerations, and whether the rule reflects current procedures of the department. The review of all rules must be completed by August 31, 2003.

Comments on the review may be submitted in writing within 30 days following the publication of this notice in the Texas Register to Linda Wiegman, Office of General Counsel, Texas Department of Health, 1100 West 49th Street, Austin, Texas 78756. Any proposed changes to these rules as a result of the review will be published in the Proposed Rule Section of the Texas Register and will be open for an additional 30 day public comment period prior to final adoption or repeal by the department.

TRD-200103983

Susan K. Steeg

General Counsel

Texas Department of Health

Filed: July 11, 2001


The Texas Department of Health (department) will review and consider for readoption, revision or repeal Title 25, Texas Administrative Code, Part 1, Chapter 205. Product Safety, Subchapter B. Flammability, §§205.21 - 205.26.

This review is in accordance with the requirements of the Texas Government Code, §2001.039, the General Appropriations Act, Article IX, §9-10.13, 76th Legislature, 1999.

An assessment will be made by the department as to whether the reasons for adopting or readopting these rules continue to exist. This assessment will be continued during the rule review process. Each rule will be reviewed to determine whether it is obsolete, whether the rule reflects current legal and policy considerations, and whether the rule reflects current procedures of the department. The review of all rules must be completed by August 31, 2003.

Comments on the review may be submitted in writing within 30 days following the publication of this notice in the Texas Register to Linda Wiegman, Office of General Counsel, Texas Department of Health, 1100 West 49th Street, Austin, Texas 78756. Any proposed changes to these rules as a result of the review will be published in the Proposed Rule Section of the Texas Register and will be open for an additional 30 day public comment period prior to final adoption or repeal by the department.

TRD-200103984

Susan K. Steeg

General Counsel

Texas Department of Health

Filed: July 11, 2001


The Texas Department of Health (department) will review and consider for readoption, revision or repeal Title 25, Texas Administrative Code, Part 1, Chapter 289. Radiation Control, Subchapter D, General, §289.203 and §289.204; and Subchapter F, License Regulations, §289.260.

This review is in accordance with the requirements of the Texas Government Code, §2001.039, the General Appropriations Act, Article IX, §9-10.13, 76th Legislature, 1999.

An assessment will be made by the department as to whether the reasons for adopting or readopting these rules continue to exist. This assessment will be continued during the rule review process. Each rule will be reviewed to determine whether it is obsolete, whether the rule reflects current legal and policy considerations, and whether the rule reflects current procedures of the department. The review of all rules must be completed by August 31, 2003.

Comments on the review may be submitted in writing within 30 days following the publication of this notice in the Texas Register to Linda Wiegman, Office of General Counsel, Texas Department of Health, 1100 West 49th Street, Austin, Texas 78756. Any proposed changes to these rules as a result of the review will be published in the Proposed Rule Section of the Texas Register and will be open for an additional 30 day public comment period prior to final adoption or repeal by the department.

TRD-200103985

Susan K. Steeg

General Counsel

Texas Department of Health

Filed: July 11, 2001


Texas Health Care Information Council

Title 25, Part 16

The Texas Health Care Information Council proposes to review Title 25, Part 16, Chapter 1301, Subchapter B (§§1301.31-1301.35), concerning the collection and reporting of health plan employer data and information set (HEDIS) from health maintenance organizations (HMOs), pursuant to the Government Code, §2001.039.

The Texas Health Care Information Council will consider, among other things, whether the reasons for adoption of these rules continue to exist.

Comments on the proposed review may be submitted in writing no later than 5:00 p.m. on August 17, 2001 to Priscilla Boston, Research Specialist, Texas Health Care Information Council Commodore Two Plaza, 206 East 9th St, Ste 19-140, Austin, TX 78701 Comments may be submitted electronically to Ms. Boston at Priscilla.Boston@thcic.state.tx.us.

TRD-200103906

Jim Loyd

Executive Director

Texas Health Care Information Council

Filed: July 9, 2001


Adopted Rule Review

Texas Health Care Information Council

Title 25, Part 16

The Texas Health Care Information Council (Council) adopts the review of §§1301.11-1301.19, pursuant to the Government Code, §2001.039. The proposed review was published in the July 9, 1999, issue of the Texas Register (24 TexReg 5219) and the text was amended once (Dec 15, 2000, issue of the Texas Register (25 TexReg 12430). The Council also adopts amendments to §§1301.11-1301.13 and 1301.16-1301.19 relating to hospital discharge data reporting procedures and new §1301.20 relating to its Scientific Review Panel, elsewhere in this issue of the Texas Register .

The Council has reviewed the rules in Subchapter A and determined that the reasons for their adoption continue to exist. The rules relate to the methods hospitals are to utilize in reporting discharge data to the Council, to the data elements to be reported, to the Council's discharge data collection and storage procedures, and to procedures for accessing the data. The Council is required by its enabling legislation to continue collecting discharge data from hospitals that are not exempted from reporting.

Comments received on this subchapter are being published in the adoption section of this issue of the Texas Register .

This concludes the review of Subchapter A of Chapter 1301.

TRD-200103905

Jim Loyd

Executive Director

Texas Health Care Information Council

Filed: July 9, 2001