89R3036 KKR-F
By: Campbell S.B. No. 463
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the definition of facility for purposes of workplace
violence prevention requirements.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 331.001(3), Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(3) "Facility" means:
(A) a home and community support services agency
licensed or licensed and certified under Chapter 142 [to provide
home health services as defined by Section 142.001] that employs at
least two registered nurses;
(B) a hospital licensed under Chapter 241 and a
hospital maintained or operated by an agency of this state that is
exempt from licensing under that chapter;
(C) a nursing facility licensed under Chapter 242
that employs at least two registered nurses;
(D) an ambulatory surgical center licensed under
Chapter 243;
(E) a freestanding emergency medical care
facility as defined by Section 254.001; and
(F) a mental hospital licensed under Chapter 577.
SECTION 2. Not later than September 1, 2026, a home and
community support services agency that becomes subject to Chapter
331, Health and Safety Code, under Section 331.001, Health and
Safety Code, as amended by this Act, shall comply with the
requirements of that chapter.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.