By Tillery H.B. No. 885 76R2476 MCK-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the presence of certain individuals in a hospital 1-3 operating room. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 241, Health and Safety 1-6 Code, is amended by adding Section 241.105 to read as follows: 1-7 Sec. 241.105. PERSONNEL IN HOSPITAL OPERATING ROOM. (a) 1-8 Except as provided by Subsection (b), only the following persons 1-9 may be present in an operating room during a medical procedure: 1-10 (1) a health care provider licensed, certified, or 1-11 otherwise credentialed by the state; 1-12 (2) a medical student working under the supervision of 1-13 a licensed physician; and 1-14 (3) an individual who has information regarding the 1-15 patient's medical condition that is necessary to treat the patient. 1-16 (b) A patient or other person legally authorized to consent 1-17 to medical treatment on the patient's behalf may sign a written 1-18 consent form authorizing nonmedical personnel to be present in an 1-19 operating room during a medical procedure. 1-20 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999. 1-21 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-22 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-23 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-24 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-1 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.