85R14668 AJZ-D     By: Schofield H.B. No. 2269     Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2269:     By:  Schofield C.S.H.B. No. 2269       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the civil liability of a hospital with a children's   isolation unit and of certain hospital employees.          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 HOSPITALS WITH   CHILDREN'S ISOLATION UNIT          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 HOSPITAL   WITH CHILDREN'S ISOLATION UNIT. A hospital with a children's   isolation unit that has instituted isolation protocols and a   physician or employee of that hospital are not liable for any claim,   damage, or loss arising from the provision of health care services   in the children's isolation unit 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.