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| 1 | 1 | 85R7885 KKR-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Leach H.B. No. 2038 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the consent required for the administration of | |
| 8 | 8 | prophylaxis to prevent ophthalmia neonatorum. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 81.091, Health and Safety Code, is | |
| 11 | 11 | amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to | |
| 12 | 12 | read as follows: | |
| 13 | 13 | (a) Except as provided by Subsection (a-1), a [A] physician, | |
| 14 | 14 | nurse, midwife, or other person in attendance at childbirth shall | |
| 15 | 15 | use or cause to be used prophylaxis approved by the executive | |
| 16 | 16 | commissioner to prevent ophthalmia neonatorum. | |
| 17 | 17 | (a-1) A physician, nurse, midwife, or other person in | |
| 18 | 18 | attendance at childbirth is not required to use or cause to be used | |
| 19 | 19 | the prophylaxis on an infant whose parent, managing conservator, or | |
| 20 | 20 | guardian does not consent to the administration of the prophylaxis. | |
| 21 | 21 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |