89R3036 KKR-F
 
  By: Campbell S.B. No. 463
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the definition of facility for purposes of workplace
  violence prevention requirements.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 331.001(3), Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
               (3)  "Facility" means:
                     (A)  a home and community support services agency
  licensed or licensed and certified under Chapter 142 [to provide
  home health services as defined by Section 142.001] that employs at
  least two registered nurses;
                     (B)  a hospital licensed under Chapter 241 and a
  hospital maintained or operated by an agency of this state that is
  exempt from licensing under that chapter;
                     (C)  a nursing facility licensed under Chapter 242
  that employs at least two registered nurses;
                     (D)  an ambulatory surgical center licensed under
  Chapter 243;
                     (E)  a freestanding emergency medical care
  facility as defined by Section 254.001; and
                     (F)  a mental hospital licensed under Chapter 577.
         SECTION 2.  Not later than September 1, 2026, a home and
  community support services agency that becomes subject to Chapter
  331, Health and Safety Code, under Section 331.001, Health and
  Safety Code, as amended by this Act, shall comply with the
  requirements of that chapter.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.