Bill Text: TX HB3730 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the establishment of a task force to study workforce shortages and care practices in assisted living facilities and nursing facilities.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-22 - Referred to Human Services [HB3730 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB3730-Introduced.html
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By: Howard | H.B. No. 3730 |
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relating to the establishment of a task force to study workforce | ||
shortages and care practices in assisted living facilities and | ||
nursing facilities. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. (a) In this section: | ||
(1) "Assisted living facility" means a facility | ||
licensed under Chapter 247, Health and Safety Code. | ||
(2) "Commission" means the Health and Human Services | ||
Commission. | ||
(3) "Executive commissioner" means the executive | ||
commissioner of the commission. | ||
(4) "Nursing facility" means a facility licensed under | ||
Chapter 242, Health and Safety Code. | ||
(5) "Task force" means the task force on workforce | ||
shortages and care practices in assisted living facilities and | ||
nursing facilities established under this section. | ||
(b) The task force on workforce shortages and care practices | ||
in assisted living facilities and nursing facilities is established | ||
to: | ||
(1) evaluate the workforce shortages in assisted | ||
living facilities and nursing facilities in this state; | ||
(2) evaluate direct care staffing issues in assisted | ||
living facilities and nursing facilities in this state; | ||
(3) develop recommendations for legislation, | ||
policies, short-term strategies, and long-term strategies focusing | ||
on retention and recruitment of direct care staff in assisted | ||
living facilities and nursing facilities to ensure an adequate | ||
workforce is available to provide high-quality, cost-effective | ||
care, including recommendations on: | ||
(A) workforce engagement and advancement models; | ||
(B) job supports and incentives; | ||
(C) training and education initiatives; | ||
(D) wages and benefits; and | ||
(E) licensure and certification rules; and | ||
(4) examine nursing facility reform, including: | ||
(A) implementing new care models; | ||
(B) optimizing nursing facility size and | ||
configuration to foster resident wellness and infection control; | ||
(C) optimizing nursing facility staffing to meet | ||
resident needs; and | ||
(D) increasing clinical presence in nursing | ||
facilities. | ||
(c) The task force is composed of: | ||
(1) one member appointed by the governor; | ||
(2) the state long-term care ombudsman; and | ||
(3) not more than 11 members appointed by the | ||
executive commissioner as follows: | ||
(A) at least one member who is a representative | ||
of the commission; | ||
(B) at least one member who represents LeadingAge | ||
Texas; | ||
(C) at least one member who represents the Texas | ||
Health Care Association; | ||
(D) at least one member who represents the Texas | ||
Assisted Living Association; | ||
(E) at least one member who represents the | ||
American Association of Retired Persons; | ||
(F) at least one member who represents the Texas | ||
Higher Education Coordinating Board; | ||
(G) at least one member who represents the Texas | ||
Medical Directors Association; | ||
(H) at least one member who represents the Texas | ||
Workforce Commission; and | ||
(I) two or more members who represent a public or | ||
private institution of higher education in this state. | ||
(d) Not later than November 1, 2021, the governor and the | ||
executive commissioner shall appoint task force members as required | ||
by Subsection (c) of this section. | ||
(e) Not later than November 1, 2022, the task force shall | ||
prepare and submit to the legislature, the commission, the Senate | ||
Health and Human Services Committee, and the House Public Health | ||
Committee a written report containing the results of the task | ||
force's evaluation under Subsection (b) of this section and any | ||
recommendations for legislative or other action. | ||
(f) The commission shall post the report submitted to the | ||
commission under Subsection (e) of this section on the commission's | ||
Internet website. | ||
(g) The task force is abolished and this Act expires | ||
September 1, 2023. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |