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| 1 | 1 | By: Nichols S.B. No. 2389 | |
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| 4 | 4 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 5 | 5 | AN ACT | |
| 6 | 6 | relating to physician staffing requirements for hospitals. | |
| 7 | 7 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 8 | 8 | SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 241, Health and Safety | |
| 9 | 9 | Code is amended by adding Section 241.0261 to read as follows: | |
| 10 | 10 | Sec. 241.0261. PHYSICIAN STAFFING REQUIREMENTS. | |
| 11 | 11 | (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the department may not require | |
| 12 | 12 | a hospital to have more restrictive staffing requirements to | |
| 13 | 13 | emergency medical care than are required by federal law. | |
| 14 | 14 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 15 | 15 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 16 | 16 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 17 | 17 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 18 | 18 | Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |