Section 33.23. Incident notifications and reports

(a)  The  director  of  a  facility,  as defined in subdivision six of
  section 1.03 of this chapter,  shall  provide  telephone  notice  of  an
  incident  involving  a  patient  receiving  care  and  treatment at such
  facility  to  a  qualified  person,  as  defined  in  paragraph  six  of
  subdivision  (a)  of section 33.16 of this article. Such notice shall be
  provided  within  twenty-four  hours  of  the  initial  report  of  such
  incident.  For  the  purposes  of this section, "incident" shall mean an
  accident or injury that affects the health or safety of a patient.  Upon
  the  request  of a qualified person, the director shall promptly provide
  to him or her a copy of the written incident report, provided  that  the
  names  and  other  personally  identifying  information  of patients and
  employees shall not be  included  unless  such  patients  and  employees
  authorize  disclosure.  The director of the facility shall also offer to
  hold a meeting  with  such  qualified  person  to  further  discuss  the
  incident.  In  addition,  within  ten days, the director of the facility
  shall provide such qualified person with a written report on the actions
  taken to address the incident.
    (b) Whenever federal law or applicable federal  regulations  restrict,
  or  as  a  condition  for  the  receipt of federal aid require, that the
  release of records or information  pursuant  to  this  section  be  more
  restrictive  than  is  provided  under  this  section, the provisions of
  federal law or regulations shall be controlling.