(a) The purpose of this subchapter is to implement Texas Health and Safety Code, §105.011. The Workplace Violence Against Nurses Prevention Grant Program authorizes the Department of State Health Services to award grant payments to fund innovative approaches aimed at reducing verbal and physical violence against nurses in hospitals, freestanding emergency medical care facilities, nursing facilities, and home health agencies.(b) Grant funds awarded under this subchapter may only be spent on a program intended to identify and implement efforts to reduce verbal and physical violence against nurses in hospitals, freestanding emergency medical care facilities, nursing facilities, and home health agencies.