| 89R3036 KKR-F | ||
| By: Campbell | S.B. No. 463 | |
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| relating to the definition of facility for purposes of workplace | ||
| violence prevention requirements. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 331.001(3), Health and Safety Code, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| (3) "Facility" means: | ||
| (A) a home and community support services agency | ||
| licensed or licensed and certified under Chapter 142 [ |
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| least two registered nurses; | ||
| (B) a hospital licensed under Chapter 241 and a | ||
| hospital maintained or operated by an agency of this state that is | ||
| exempt from licensing under that chapter; | ||
| (C) a nursing facility licensed under Chapter 242 | ||
| that employs at least two registered nurses; | ||
| (D) an ambulatory surgical center licensed under | ||
| Chapter 243; | ||
| (E) a freestanding emergency medical care | ||
| facility as defined by Section 254.001; and | ||
| (F) a mental hospital licensed under Chapter 577. | ||
| SECTION 2. Not later than September 1, 2026, a home and | ||
| community support services agency that becomes subject to Chapter | ||
| 331, Health and Safety Code, under Section 331.001, Health and | ||
| Safety Code, as amended by this Act, shall comply with the | ||
| requirements of that chapter. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. | ||