Bill Text: TX HB3711 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to prevention of communicable diseases in certain long-term care facilities.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-05-12 - Returned to Local & Consent Calendars Comm. [HB3711 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB3711-Comm_Sub.html
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By: Sheffield, Price | H.B. No. 3711 | ||
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3711: | |||
By: Price | C.S.H.B. No. 3711 |
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relating to prevention of communicable diseases in certain | ||
long-term care facilities. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 81.003, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended by amending Subdivision (4-a) and adding Subdivision (4-b) | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(4-a) "Long-term care facility" means a facility | ||
licensed or regulated under Chapter 242, 247, or 252. | ||
(4-b) "Peace officer" has the meaning assigned by | ||
Article 2.12, Code of Criminal Procedure. The term includes a | ||
sheriff or constable. | ||
SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 81, Health and Safety | ||
Code, is amended by adding Sections 81.014 and 81.015 to read as | ||
follows: | ||
Sec. 81.014. LONG-TERM CARE FACILITY INFECTION PREVENTION | ||
AND CONTROL PROGRAM. Each long-term care facility's infection | ||
prevention and control program must include: | ||
(1) monitoring of key infectious agents, | ||
including multidrug-resistant organisms; and | ||
(2) procedures for making rapid influenza diagnostic | ||
tests available to facility residents. | ||
Sec. 81.015. ANTIMICROBIAL STEWARDSHIP REGIONAL ADVISORY | ||
COMMITTEES. (a) The department shall establish a regional | ||
advisory committee in each public health region designated under | ||
Section 121.007 to address antimicrobial stewardship in long-term | ||
care facilities and to improve antimicrobial stewardship through | ||
collaborative action. | ||
(b) A regional advisory committee established under this | ||
section must include: | ||
(1) physicians; | ||
(2) directors of nursing or equivalent consultants | ||
with long-term care facilities; | ||
(3) public health officials knowledgeable about | ||
antimicrobial stewardship; and | ||
(4) other interested parties. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |