TITLE: Relating to a grant program for reducing workplace violence against nurses.

SUMMARY: Relating to a grant program for reducing workplace violence against nurses.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to a grant program for reducing workplace violence against nurses. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Chapter 105, Health and Safety Code, is amended by adding Section 105.011 to read as follows: Sec. 105.011. WORKPLACE VIOLENCE PREVENTION GRANT PROGRAM. (a) To the extent funding is available, the nursing resource section established under Section 105.002 shall administer a grant program to fund innovative approaches or approaches considered to be best practices for reducing verbal and physical violence against nurses in hospitals, freestanding emergency medical care facilities, nursing facilities, and home health agencies. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.