87R3909 SRA-D
 
  By: Schofield H.B. No. 1914
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the civil liability of a children's isolation unit in a
  hospital.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Chapter 241, Health and Safety Code, is amended
  by adding Subchapter L to read as follows:
  SUBCHAPTER L. LIMITATION ON CIVIL LIABILITY OF CHILDREN'S
  ISOLATION UNITS
         Sec. 241.351.  DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "children's
  isolation unit" means an isolation unit in a hospital licensed
  under this chapter that is designed to provide health care services
  to children with highly contagious infectious diseases.
         Sec. 241.352.  LIMITATION ON CIVIL LIABILITY OF CHILDREN'S
  ISOLATION UNIT. A children's isolation unit that has instituted
  isolation protocols is not liable for any claim, damage, or loss
  arising from the provision of health care services to children with
  highly contagious diseases, unless the act or omission proximately
  causing the claim, damage, or loss constitutes gross negligence or
  wilful misconduct.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.