85R13173 SCL-F     By: Farrar H.B. No. 4062       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to rules for hospital sanitation standards and a   limitation on certain Department of State Health Services rules.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 241.026(a), Health and Safety Code, is   amended to read as follows:          (a)  The executive commissioner shall adopt rules and the   department shall enforce the rules to further the purposes of this   chapter.  The rules at a minimum shall address:                (1)  minimum requirements for staffing by physicians   and nurses;                (2)  hospital services relating to patient care;                (3)  fire prevention and[,] safety[, and sanitation]   requirements in hospitals;                (4)  patient care and a patient bill of rights;                (5)  compliance with other state and federal laws   affecting the health, safety, and rights of hospital patients;   [and]                (6)  compliance with nursing peer review under   Subchapter I, Chapter 301, and Chapter 303, Occupations Code, and   the rules of the Texas Board of Nursing relating to peer review; and                (7)  requirements for implementing standards for   sanitation procedures established to prevent infection or illness   in a hospital.          SECTION 2.  Subchapter D, Chapter 1001, Health and Safety   Code, is amended by adding Section 1001.0745 to read as follows:          Sec. 1001.0745.  LIMITATION ON RULEMAKING AUTHORITY FOR   CERTAIN RULES. The executive commissioner by rule may only   prescribe a medical care, health care, or health care facility   standard that:                (1)  is based on widespread and peer-reviewed   scientific research; and                (2)  reflects best practices as determined by the   medical community.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.