Bill Text: TX SB1856 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to certain vocational nursing students providing services during a declared state of disaster.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/21 [SB1856 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB1856-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to certain vocational nursing students providing services during a declared state of disaster.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/21 [SB1856 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB1856-Introduced.html
87R1873 SRA-D | ||
By: Powell | S.B. No. 1856 |
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relating to certain vocational nursing students providing | ||
essential services during a declared state of disaster. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Chapter 242, Health and Safety Code, is amended | ||
by adding Subchapter T to read as follows: | ||
SUBCHAPTER T. CERTAIN VOCATIONAL NURSING STUDENTS PROVIDING | ||
ESSENTIAL SERVICES | ||
Sec. 242.951. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: | ||
(1) "Disaster" has the meaning assigned by Section | ||
418.004, Government Code. | ||
(2) "Governmental entity" means: | ||
(A) this state; | ||
(B) a board, commission, council, department, or | ||
other agency in the executive branch of state government that is | ||
created by the state constitution or a statute, including an | ||
institution of higher education as defined by Section 61.003, | ||
Education Code; | ||
(C) the legislature or a legislative agency; | ||
(D) a state judicial agency or the State Bar of | ||
Texas; | ||
(E) a political subdivision of this state, | ||
including a county, municipality, or special district or authority; | ||
or | ||
(F) an officer, employee, or agent of an entity | ||
described by Paragraphs (A) through (E). | ||
Sec. 242.952. APPLICABILITY. This subchapter applies only | ||
to a student who is: | ||
(1) enrolled in an accredited school or program that | ||
is preparing the student for licensure as a licensed vocational | ||
nurse; and | ||
(2) participating in a clinical program at a facility | ||
licensed under this chapter. | ||
Sec. 242.953. ESSENTIAL SERVICE. (a) Notwithstanding any | ||
other law, the services provided by a student to whom this | ||
subchapter applies in a facility licensed under this chapter are | ||
essential services at all times in this state, including during a | ||
declared state of disaster. | ||
(b) A governmental entity may not, at any time, including | ||
during a declared state of disaster, prohibit a student to whom this | ||
subchapter applies from providing essential services. | ||
(c) A facility licensed under this chapter may require a | ||
student to comply with the facility's policies regarding health | ||
screenings or the use of personal protective equipment. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |