83R9092 MEW-F
 
  By: Davis S.B. No. 954
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the authority of the board of hospital managers of the
  Tarrant County Hospital District to adopt and implement a
  tobacco-related preventable disease policy.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 281, Health and Safety
  Code, is amended by adding Section 281.0287 to read as follows:
         Sec. 281.0287.  TARRANT COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT;
  TOBACCO-RELATED PREVENTABLE DISEASE POLICY. (a) The board of
  hospital managers of the Tarrant County Hospital District shall
  adopt and implement a tobacco-related preventable disease policy to
  protect and promote the general health, well-being, and safety of
  the district's employees.
         (b)  A policy adopted under Subsection (a) must:
               (1)  require the district to offer voluntary tobacco
  cessation programs for all district employees; and
               (2)  designate each hospital, clinic, building, or
  other facility owned or operated by the district as a smoke-free
  environment.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2013.