89R5194 MPF-D     By: Rose H.B. No. 5392       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the installation of bollards or another safety barrier   adjacent to certain hospital emergency rooms.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  The heading to Subchapter B, Chapter 311, Health   and Safety Code, is amended to read as follows:   SUBCHAPTER B. EMERGENCY SERVICES; EMERGENCY ROOMS          SECTION 2.  Subchapter B, Chapter 311, Health and Safety   Code, is amended by adding Section 311.025 to read as follows:          Sec. 311.025.  EMERGENCY ROOM CRASH BARRIERS REQUIRED. (a)     In this section, "hospital" means a hospital licensed under Chapter   241.           (b)  If a hospital maintains an emergency room located near   an area with vehicular traffic, the hospital shall install   crash-rated bollards or another similar safety barrier adjacent to   the emergency room in a manner likely to prevent a motor vehicle   from crashing into the emergency room.          (c)  The executive commissioner of the Health and Human   Services Commission shall adopt rules as necessary to implement   this section.          SECTION 3.  (a) As soon as practicable after the effective   date of this Act but not later than December 1, 2025, the executive   commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission shall   adopt rules as required by Section 311.025(c), Health and Safety   Code, as added by this Act.          (b)  A hospital to which Section 311.025, Health and Safety   Code, as added by this Act, applies is not required to comply with   the requirements of that section until January 1, 2026.          SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.