Tex. Health & Safety Code § 331.001 · Chapter 331. WORKPLACE VIOLENCE PREVENTION
DEFINITIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
In 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.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 31 (S.B. 240), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2023.
Amended by:
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 85 (S.B. 463), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2025.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.331.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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Health and Safety Code
- Tex. Health & Safety Code ch. 142HOME AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT SERVICESPrinted as Chapter 142
- Tex. Health & Safety Code ch. 241HOSPITALSPrinted as Chapter 241
- Tex. Health & Safety Code ch. 242CONVALESCENT AND NURSING FACILITIES AND RELATED INSTITUTIONSPrinted as Chapter 242
- Tex. Health & Safety Code ch. 243AMBULATORY SURGICAL CENTERSPrinted as Chapter 243
- Tex. Health & Safety Code ch. 252INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH AN INTELLECTUAL DISABILITYPrinted as Chapter 252
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 254.001DEFINITIONS.Printed as Section 254.001
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 331.002WORKPLACE VIOLENCE PREVENTION COMMITTEE.Printed as Section 331.002
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 531.002DEFINITIONS.Printed as Section 531.002
- Tex. Health & Safety Code ch. 577PRIVATE MENTAL HOSPITALS AND OTHER MENTAL HEALTH FACILITIESPrinted as Chapter 577
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