DEFINITIONS.
Tex. HEALTH & SAFETY Code § 331.001.
in effectIn this chapter:
(1) "Commission" means the Health and Human Services Commission.
(2) "Committee" means the workplace violence prevention committee or other committee responsible for developing a facility's workplace violence prevention plan under Section 331.002 .
(3) "Facility" means:
(A) a home and community support services agency licensed or licensed and certified under Chapter 142 that employs at least two registered nurses;
(B) a hospital licensed under Chapter 241 and a hospital maintained or operated by an agency of this state that is exempt from licensing under that chapter;
(C) a nursing facility licensed under Chapter 242 that employs at least two registered nurses;
(D) an ambulatory surgical center licensed under Chapter 243 ;
(E) a freestanding emergency medical care facility as defined by Section 254.001 ;
(F) a mental hospital licensed under Chapter 577 ;
(G) an intermediate care facility for individuals with an intellectual disability licensed under Chapter 252 ; and
(H) a state supported living center as defined by Section 531.002 .
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 31 (S.B. 240 ), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2023.
