85R13173 SCL-F
By: Farrar H.B. No. 4062
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to rules for hospital sanitation standards and a
limitation on certain Department of State Health Services rules.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 241.026(a), Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules and the
department shall enforce the rules to further the purposes of this
chapter. The rules at a minimum shall address:
(1) minimum requirements for staffing by physicians
and nurses;
(2) hospital services relating to patient care;
(3) fire prevention and[,] safety[, and sanitation]
requirements in hospitals;
(4) patient care and a patient bill of rights;
(5) compliance with other state and federal laws
affecting the health, safety, and rights of hospital patients;
[and]
(6) compliance with nursing peer review under
Subchapter I, Chapter 301, and Chapter 303, Occupations Code, and
the rules of the Texas Board of Nursing relating to peer review; and
(7) requirements for implementing standards for
sanitation procedures established to prevent infection or illness
in a hospital.
SECTION 2. Subchapter D, Chapter 1001, Health and Safety
Code, is amended by adding Section 1001.0745 to read as follows:
Sec. 1001.0745. LIMITATION ON RULEMAKING AUTHORITY FOR
CERTAIN RULES. The executive commissioner by rule may only
prescribe a medical care, health care, or health care facility
standard that:
(1) is based on widespread and peer-reviewed
scientific research; and
(2) reflects best practices as determined by the
medical community.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.