89R5194 MPF-D
By: West S.B. No. 660
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the installation of bollards or another safety barrier
adjacent to certain hospital emergency rooms.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. The heading to Subchapter B, Chapter 311, Health
and Safety Code, is amended to read as follows:
SUBCHAPTER B. EMERGENCY SERVICES; EMERGENCY ROOMS
SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 311, Health and Safety
Code, is amended by adding Section 311.025 to read as follows:
Sec. 311.025. EMERGENCY ROOM CRASH BARRIERS REQUIRED. (a)
In this section, "hospital" means a hospital licensed under Chapter
241.
(b) If a hospital maintains an emergency room located near
an area with vehicular traffic, the hospital shall install
crash-rated bollards or another similar safety barrier adjacent to
the emergency room in a manner likely to prevent a motor vehicle
from crashing into the emergency room.
(c) The executive commissioner of the Health and Human
Services Commission shall adopt rules as necessary to implement
this section.
SECTION 3. (a) As soon as practicable after the effective
date of this Act but not later than December 1, 2025, the executive
commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission shall
adopt rules as required by Section 311.025(c), Health and Safety
Code, as added by this Act.
(b) A hospital to which Section 311.025, Health and Safety
Code, as added by this Act, applies is not required to comply with
the requirements of that section until January 1, 2026.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.