85R9634 AJZ-D     By: Schofield H.B. No. 2269       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the civil liability of a children's isolation unit in a   hospital.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Chapter 241, Health and Safety Code, is amended   by adding Subchapter K to read as follows:   SUBCHAPTER K. LIMITATION ON CIVIL LIABILITY OF CHILDREN'S ISOLATION   UNITS          Sec. 241.301.  DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "children's   isolation unit" means an isolation unit in a hospital licensed   under this chapter that is designed to provide health care services   to children with highly contagious infectious diseases.          Sec. 241.302.  LIMITATION ON CIVIL LIABILITY OF CHILDREN'S   ISOLATION UNIT. A children's isolation unit that has instituted   isolation protocols is not liable for any claim, damage, or loss   arising from the provision of health care services to children with   highly contagious diseases, unless the act or omission proximately   causing the claim, damage, or loss constitutes gross negligence or   wilful misconduct.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.