TITLE: Relating to authorization for certain health care facilities to secure residents with wheelchair safety belts.

SUMMARY: Relating to authorization for certain health care facilities to secure residents with wheelchair safety belts.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to authorization for certain health care facilities to secure residents with wheelchair safety belts. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 322, Health and Safety Code, is amended by adding Section 322.0515 to read as follows: Sec. 322.0515. AUTHORIZATION FOR WHEELCHAIR SAFETY BELT USE. Notwithstanding Section 322.051 and after receipt by a facility of a written authorization signed by a resident or the resident's legal guardian to secure the resident with a wheelchair safety belt, the facility shall secure the resident with a safety belt while the resident is in the resident's wheelchair. SECTION 2. 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.