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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the civil liability of a hospital with a children's |
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isolation unit and of certain hospital employees. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 241, Health and Safety Code, is amended |
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by adding Subchapter K to read as follows: |
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SUBCHAPTER K. LIMITATION ON CIVIL LIABILITY OF HOSPITALS WITH |
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CHILDREN'S ISOLATION UNIT |
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Sec. 241.301. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "children's |
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isolation unit" means an isolation unit in a hospital licensed |
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under this chapter that is designed to provide health care services |
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to children with highly contagious infectious diseases. |
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Sec. 241.302. LIMITATION ON CIVIL LIABILITY OF HOSPITAL |
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WITH CHILDREN'S ISOLATION UNIT. A hospital with a children's |
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isolation unit that has instituted isolation protocols and a |
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physician or employee of that hospital are not liable for any claim, |
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damage, or loss arising from the provision of health care services |
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in the children's isolation unit to children with highly contagious |
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diseases, unless the act or omission proximately causing the claim, |
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damage, or loss constitutes gross negligence or wilful misconduct. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |