By: Klick H.B. No. 2886       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to limiting the liability of certain healthcare providers.            BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 81.091, Health and Safety Code, is   amended by amending Subsection (g) and adding Subsection (g-1) to   read as follows:          (g)  Except as provided by Subsection (g-1), a [A] person   commits an offense if the person is a physician or other person in   attendance on a pregnant woman either during pregnancy or at   delivery and fails to perform a duty required by this section.  An   offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor.          (g-1)  A physician, nurse, midwife, or other person in   attendance at childbirth who is unable to apply the prophylaxis due   to the objection of the parents, managing conservator, or guardian   of the newborn does not commit an offense under this section and may   not be prosecuted for failure to administer the prophylaxis as   required by this section.  The physician, nurse, midwife, or other   person in attendance at childbirth shall ensure that the objection   of the parent, managing conservator, or guardian is entered into   the medical record of the child.  The parent, managing conservator,   or guardian shall sign the entry.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.