Bill Text: TX HB2886 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to limiting the liability of certain health care providers.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-09 - Effective on 9/1/17 [HB2886 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB2886-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 2886 |
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relating to limiting the liability of certain health care | ||
providers. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 81.091, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended by amending Subsection (g) and adding Subsection (g-1) to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(g) Except as provided by Subsection (g-1), a [ |
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commits an offense if the person is a physician or other person in | ||
attendance on a pregnant woman either during pregnancy or at | ||
delivery and fails to perform a duty required by this section. An | ||
offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor. | ||
(g-1) A physician, nurse, midwife, or other person in | ||
attendance at childbirth who is unable to apply the prophylaxis as | ||
required by this section due to the objection of a parent, managing | ||
conservator, or guardian of the newborn infant does not commit an | ||
offense under this section and is not subject to criminal, civil, or | ||
administrative liability or any professional disciplinary action | ||
for failure to administer the prophylaxis. The physician, nurse, | ||
midwife, or person shall ensure that the objection of the parent, | ||
managing conservator, or guardian is entered into the medical | ||
record of the infant. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 2886 was passed by the House on May 9, | ||
2017, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 2886 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
24, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |