Bill Text: TX HB1782 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to the requirement that certain health care providers who provide services at a hospital wear photo identification.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-04-29 - Laid on the table subject to call [HB1782 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB1782-Comm_Sub.html
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| By: S. Davis of Harris | H.B. No. 1782 | ||
| Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1782: | |||
| By: Kolkhorst | C.S.H.B. No. 1782 | ||
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| relating to the requirement that certain health care providers who | ||
| provide services at a hospital wear photo identification. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 241, Health and Safety | ||
| Code, is amended by adding Section 241.009 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 241.009. PHOTO IDENTIFICATION BADGE REQUIRED. (a) In | ||
| this section, "health care provider" means a person who provides | ||
| health care services at a hospital: | ||
| (1) as a physician; | ||
| (2) as an employee of the hospital; | ||
| (3) under a contract with the hospital; or | ||
| (4) in the course of a training or educational program | ||
| at the hospital. | ||
| (b) A hospital shall adopt a policy requiring a health care | ||
| provider providing direct patient care to wear a photo | ||
| identification badge during all patient encounters unless | ||
| precluded by adopted isolation or sterilization protocols. The | ||
| badge must be of sufficient size, be worn in a manner to be visible, | ||
| and clearly state: | ||
| (1) at minimum the provider's first or last name; | ||
| (2) the department of the hospital with which the | ||
| provider is associated; | ||
| (3) the provider's title, as assigned by the hospital; | ||
| and | ||
| (4) if applicable, the provider's status as a student, | ||
| intern, trainee, or resident. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect January 1, 2014. | ||
