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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the definition of facility for purposes of workplace |
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violence prevention requirements. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 331.001(3), Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(3) "Facility" means: |
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(A) a home and community support services agency |
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licensed or licensed and certified under Chapter 142 [to provide |
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home health services as defined by Section 142.001] that employs at |
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least two registered nurses; |
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(B) a hospital licensed under Chapter 241 and a |
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hospital maintained or operated by an agency of this state that is |
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exempt from licensing under that chapter; |
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(C) a nursing facility licensed under Chapter 242 |
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that employs at least two registered nurses; |
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(D) an ambulatory surgical center licensed under |
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Chapter 243; |
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(E) a freestanding emergency medical care |
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facility as defined by Section 254.001; and |
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(F) a mental hospital licensed under Chapter 577. |
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SECTION 2. Not later than September 1, 2026, a home and |
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community support services agency that becomes subject to Chapter |
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331, Health and Safety Code, under Section 331.001, Health and |
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Safety Code, as amended by this Act, shall comply with the |
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requirements of that chapter. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |