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Senate Bill 192 |
Senate Author: Nelson |
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Effective: 9-1-11 |
House Sponsor: Howard, Donna et al. |
Senate Bill 192 amends provisions of the Occupations Code to extend certain immunities from liability to a person who makes a good faith report under the Nursing Practice Act relating to patient care concerns or who advises a nurse of the nurse's right or obligation to make such a report and to prohibit a nurse from being subject to retaliatory action as a result of refusing to engage in certain conduct relating to patient care, making a good faith report relating to patient care, or requesting a peer review committee determination of whether certain conduct violates a nurse's duty to a patient. The bill includes provisions relating to the filing of a counterclaim by a person subject to retaliatory action as a result of providing certain advice regarding filing such a report, creates an administrative penalty for a violation of the prohibition against retaliatory action, specifies that a person who advises a nurse of the nurse's right to make a report, refuse to engage in certain conduct, or request a nursing peer review committee determination has a cause of action against a person who commits such a violation and can recover certain damages, costs, and fees, and expands the meaning of "peer review."