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