Bill Text: TX HB280 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to a grant program for reducing workplace violence against nurses.
Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-01 - Effective on 9/1/17 [HB280 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB280-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 280 | ||
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| 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 for reducing verbal and | ||
| physical violence against nurses in hospitals, freestanding | ||
| emergency medical care facilities, nursing facilities, and home | ||
| health agencies. | ||
| (b) The nursing resource section shall require a grant | ||
| recipient to submit periodic reports describing the outcome of the | ||
| activities funded through the grant, including any change in the | ||
| severity and frequency of verbal and physical violence against | ||
| nurses. | ||
| (c) The nursing advisory committee established by Section | ||
| 104.0155 shall serve in an advisory capacity for the grant program. | ||
| (d) The department shall provide administrative assistance | ||
| to the nursing resource section in administering the grant program | ||
| under this section. | ||
| (e) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules to | ||
| implement the grant program, including rules governing the | ||
| submission and approval of grant requests and establishing a | ||
| reporting procedure for grant recipients. | ||
| (f) The nursing resource section may use money transferred | ||
| to the department from the Texas Board of Nursing under Section | ||
| 301.155, Occupations Code, to fund the grants authorized by this | ||
| section. | ||
| (g) At least annually, the nursing resource section shall | ||
| publish a report describing the grants awarded under this section, | ||
| including the amount of the grant, the purpose of the grant, and the | ||
| reported outcome of the approach adopted by the grant recipient. | ||
| SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date | ||
| of this Act, the executive commissioner of the Health and Human | ||
| Services Commission shall adopt the rules necessary to implement | ||
| Section 105.011, Health and Safety Code, as added by this Act. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 280 was passed by the House on April | ||
| 12, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 110, Nays 35, 1 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 280 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 23, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 22, Nays 9. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
