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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the civil liability of a children's isolation unit in a |
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hospital. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 241, Health and Safety Code, is amended |
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by adding Subchapter L to read as follows: |
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SUBCHAPTER L. LIMITATION ON CIVIL LIABILITY OF CHILDREN'S |
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ISOLATION UNITS |
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Sec. 241.351. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "children's |
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isolation unit" means an isolation unit in a hospital licensed |
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under this chapter that is designed to provide health care services |
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to children with highly contagious infectious diseases. |
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Sec. 241.352. LIMITATION ON CIVIL LIABILITY OF CHILDREN'S |
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ISOLATION UNIT. A children's isolation unit that has instituted |
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isolation protocols is not liable for any claim, damage, or loss |
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arising from the provision of health care services to children with |
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highly contagious diseases, unless the act or omission proximately |
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causing the claim, damage, or loss constitutes gross negligence or |
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wilful misconduct. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |