Bill Text: TX SB1157 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to limiting the liability of certain healthcare providers.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-27 - Co-author authorized [SB1157 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB1157-Introduced.html
By: Hughes | S.B. No. 1157 | |
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relating to limiting the liability of certain healthcare 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 due | ||
to the objection of the parents, managing conservator, or guardian | ||
of the newborn does not commit an offense under this section and may | ||
not be prosecuted for failure to administer the prophylaxis as | ||
required by this section. The physician, nurse, midwife, or other | ||
person in attendance at childbirth shall ensure that the objection | ||
of the parent, managing conservator, or guardian is entered into | ||
the medical record of the child. The parent, managing conservator, | ||
or guardian shall sign the entry. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |