1. (a) All general hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers in operation during any part of a reporting quarter described in §200.1 of this title (relating to Definitions) shall submit health care-associated infection (HAI) data, including whether the HAI contributed to a patient's death, the death of a patient, and designated preventable adverse event (PAE) data as specified in §§200.3 - 200.7 of this title to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) or its successor. TxHSN-reported PAE information as specified in §200.6 of this title (relating to When to Initiate Reporting) shall be reported via the TxHSN portal or its successor.
2. (b) Facilities that fail to comply with reporting requirements are subject to the enforcement provisions of Texas Health and Safety Code, Chapter 98, Subchapter D.
3. (c) HAI or PAE data submission does not constitute the report of a disease as defined and required in Chapter 97 of this title (relating to Communicable Diseases).
4. (d) HAI, including whether the HAI contributed to a patient's death, or PAE data submission does not constitute annual events or incident reporting as defined in §133.49 of this title (relating to Reporting Requirements), or §135.26 of this title (relating to Reporting Requirements).
5. (e) The facility shall ensure that the department has accurate email and phone information for a facility contact. The facility shall ensure that communications from the department are continuously monitored even if the position is vacant for any reason (vacation, illness, etc.).

Source Note:The provisions of this §200.2 adopted to be effective May 4, 2011, 36 TexReg 2729; amended to be effective August 7, 2012, 37 TexReg 5793; amended to be effective April 21, 2013, 38 TexReg 2363; amended to be effective September 17, 2014, 39 TexReg 7340; amended to be effective January 18, 2015, 40 TexReg 245.