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1		-	By: Howard, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Buckingham) H.B. No. 280
2		-	(In the Senate - Received from the House April 18, 2017;
3		-	May 11, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on Health &
4		-	Human Services; May 17, 2017, reported favorably by the following
5		-	vote: Yeas 7, Nays 2; May 17, 2017, sent to printer.)
6		-	Click here to see the committee vote
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9		-	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
10	4		AN ACT
11	5		relating to a grant program for reducing workplace violence against
12	6		nurses.
13	7		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
14	8		SECTION 1. Chapter 105, Health and Safety Code, is amended
15	9		by adding Section 105.011 to read as follows:
16	10		Sec. 105.011. WORKPLACE VIOLENCE PREVENTION GRANT PROGRAM.
17	11		(a) To the extent funding is available, the nursing resource
18	12		section established under Section 105.002 shall administer a grant
19	13		program to fund innovative approaches for reducing verbal and
20	14		physical violence against nurses in hospitals, freestanding
21	15		emergency medical care facilities, nursing facilities, and home
22	16		health agencies.
23	17		(b) The nursing resource section shall require a grant
24	18		recipient to submit periodic reports describing the outcome of the
25	19		activities funded through the grant, including any change in the
26	20		severity and frequency of verbal and physical violence against
27	21		nurses.
28	22		(c) The nursing advisory committee established by Section
29	23		104.0155 shall serve in an advisory capacity for the grant program.
30	24		(d) The department shall provide administrative assistance
31	25		to the nursing resource section in administering the grant program
32	26		under this section.
33	27		(e) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules to
34	28		implement the grant program, including rules governing the
35	29		submission and approval of grant requests and establishing a
36	30		reporting procedure for grant recipients.
37	31		(f) The nursing resource section may use money transferred
38	32		to the department from the Texas Board of Nursing under Section
39	33		301.155, Occupations Code, to fund the grants authorized by this
40	34		section.
41	35		(g) At least annually, the nursing resource section shall
42	36		publish a report describing the grants awarded under this section,
43	37		including the amount of the grant, the purpose of the grant, and the
44	38		reported outcome of the approach adopted by the grant recipient.
45	39		SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date
46	40		of this Act, the executive commissioner of the Health and Human
47	41		Services Commission shall adopt the rules necessary to implement
48	42		Section 105.011, Health and Safety Code, as added by this Act.
49	43		SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
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	44	+	______________________________ ______________________________
	45	+	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
	46	+	I certify that H.B. No. 280 was passed by the House on April
	47	+	12, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 110, Nays 35, 1 present, not
	48	+	voting.
	49	+	______________________________
	50	+	Chief Clerk of the House
	51	+	I certify that H.B. No. 280 was passed by the Senate on May
	52	+	23, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 22, Nays 9.
	53	+	______________________________
	54	+	Secretary of the Senate
	55	+	APPROVED: _____________________
	56	+	Date
	57	+	_____________________
	58	+	Governor