By: Lalani H.B. No. 4762
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to liability of hospital personnel for certain uses of
  force while on duty.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 241, Health and Safety
  Code, is amended by adding Section 241.013 to read as follows:
         Sec. 241.013.  HOSPITAL PERSONNEL LIABILITY FOR CERTAIN USES
  OF FORCE. (a) In this section, "hospital personnel" includes
  nurses, physicians, physician assistants, maintenance or
  janitorial staff, receptionists, and other individuals who are
  employed by or work in a facility that is licensed as a general
  hospital or special hospital, as those terms are defined by Section
  241.003, including a hospital maintained or operated by the state.
         (b)  An individual acting as hospital personnel is not liable
  to a hospital patient for an injury resulting from the individual's
  use of force while on duty if, under the circumstances as the
  individual reasonably believes them to be, the individual would be
  justified under Subchapter C, Chapter 9, Penal Code, in that use of
  force.
         SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
  to a cause of action that accrues on or after the effective date of
  this Act.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.