Tex. Health and Safety Code § 252.203
This is the official text of Tex. Health and Safety Code § 252.203, part of Texas’s Health and Safety Code — covers public health and safety regulation.
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§ 252.203. PATIENT DAYS.
Official statutory text
For each calendar day, a facility shall determine the number of patient days by adding the following:
(1) the number of patients occupying a facility bed immediately before midnight of that day; and
(2) the number of beds that are on hold on that day and that have been placed on hold for a period not to exceed three consecutive calendar days during which a patient is on therapeutic leave.
(1) the number of patients occupying a facility bed immediately before midnight of that day; and
(2) the number of beds that are on hold on that day and that have been placed on hold for a period not to exceed three consecutive calendar days during which a patient is on therapeutic leave.
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