Bill Text: TX SB1692 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the provision of home dialysis care by a dialysis technician.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-18 - Effective on 9/1/21 [SB1692 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB1692-Enrolled.html
S.B. No. 1692 |
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relating to the provision of home dialysis care by a dialysis | ||
technician. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 251, Health and Safety | ||
Code, is amended by adding Section 251.033 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 251.033. PROVISION OF HOME DIALYSIS CARE IN NURSING | ||
FACILITIES. (a) A dialysis technician may provide home dialysis | ||
care in a nursing facility, including hemodialysis, only if: | ||
(1) the care is provided under the personal | ||
supervision of a registered nurse who is: | ||
(A) in compliance with all commission rules under | ||
26 T.A.C. Section 558.405 regarding training and competency for | ||
registered nurses to provide care at end stage renal disease | ||
facilities; and | ||
(B) employed by the same entity that employs the | ||
dialysis technician; and | ||
(2) the dialysis technician has complied with all | ||
commission rules regarding training and competency for dialysis | ||
technicians. | ||
(b) For purposes of this section, "personal supervision" | ||
means supervision of a dialysis technician by a registered nurse | ||
who is physically present in the room during the administration of | ||
dialysis services by the dialysis technician. | ||
SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date | ||
of this Act, the executive commissioner of the Health and Human | ||
Services Commission shall adopt rules necessary to implement | ||
Section 251.033, Health and Safety Code, as added by this Act. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
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President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1692 passed the Senate on | ||
April 26, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that | ||
the Senate concurred in House amendments on May 27, 2021, by the | ||
following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1692 passed the House, with | ||
amendments, on May 24, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 109, | ||
Nays 34, one present not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
Approved: | ||
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Date | ||
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Governor |