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| 1 | 1 | By: Howard H.B. No. 5036 | |
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| 4 | 4 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 5 | 5 | AN ACT | |
| 6 | 6 | relating to a grant program for reducing workplace violence against | |
| 7 | 7 | nurses. | |
| 8 | 8 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 9 | 9 | SECTION 1. Chapter 105, Health and Safety Code, is amended | |
| 10 | 10 | by adding Section 105.011 to read as follows: | |
| 11 | 11 | Sec. 105.011. WORKPLACE VIOLENCE PREVENTION GRANT PROGRAM. | |
| 12 | 12 | (a) To the extent funding is available, the nursing resource | |
| 13 | 13 | section established under Section 105.002 shall administer a grant | |
| 14 | 14 | program to fund innovative approaches or approaches considered to | |
| 15 | 15 | be best practices for reducing verbal and physical violence against | |
| 16 | 16 | nurses in hospitals, freestanding emergency medical care | |
| 17 | 17 | facilities, nursing facilities, and home health agencies. | |
| 18 | 18 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |