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Senate Bill 1525 |
Senate Author: Zaffirini |
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Effective: 1-1-06 |
House Sponsor: Delisi |
Senate Bill 1525 amends the Health and Safety Code to require the governing body of a hospital or the quality assurance committee of a nursing home to adopt and ensure implementation of a policy to control risk of injury to patients and nurses associated with the lifting, transferring, repositioning, or movement of a patient. The bill specifies provisions that, at a minimum, must be a component of the policy, including provisions relating to risk analysis, identification, and assessment, evaluation of alternative methods of handling, and procedures for nurses to refuse to perform or be involved in certain handling or movement.