Bill Text: TX SB842 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to immunity for ringside physicians assigned to combative sports events.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-17 - Filed [SB842 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-SB842-Introduced.html
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| By: Schwertner | S.B. No. 842 | |
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| relating to immunity for ringside physicians assigned to combative | ||
| sports events. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 2052, Occupations Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 2052.255 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 2052.255. IMMUNITY FOR RINGSIDE PHYSICIANS. | ||
| (a) Except as otherwise provided by this section, a ringside | ||
| physician is immune from civil liability arising from acts within | ||
| the scope of the physician's responsibilities at a combative sports | ||
| event. | ||
| (b) The immunity from civil liability provided by | ||
| Subsection (a) does not apply to a cause of action arising from an | ||
| act or omission constituting gross negligence of the physician. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 2052.255, Occupations Code, as added by | ||
| this Act, applies only to an action commenced on or after the | ||
| effective date of this Act. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2025. | ||
