Sec. 241.1836.  APPEAL PROCESS.  (a)  The rules adopted under Section 241.183 establishing level of care designations for hospitals must allow a hospital to appeal a level of care designation to a three-person panel that includes:
(1)  a representative of the department;
(2)  a representative of the commission; and
(3)  an independent person who:
(A)  has expertise in the specialty area for which the hospital is seeking a level of care designation;
(B)  is not an employee of or affiliated with either the department or the commission; and
(C)  does not have a conflict of interest with the hospital, department, or commission.
(b)  The independent person on the panel described by Subsection (a) must rotate after each appeal from a list of five to seven similarly qualified persons.  The department shall solicit persons to be included on the list.  A person must apply to the department on a form prescribed by the department and be approved by the commissioner to be included on the list.
Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 600 (S.B. 749), Sec. 2, eff. June 10, 2019.