85R21377 KKR-F     By: Klick H.B. No. 2886       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to limiting the liability of certain health care   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 as   required by this section due to the objection of a parent, managing   conservator, or guardian of the newborn infant does not commit an   offense under this section and is not subject to criminal, civil, or   administrative liability or any professional disciplinary action   for failure to administer the prophylaxis.  The physician, nurse,   midwife, or person shall ensure that the objection of the parent,   managing conservator, or guardian is entered into the medical   record of the infant.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.