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