Bill Text: TX SB795 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to regulation of nurse aides.
Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective on 9/1/11 [SB795 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SB795-Enrolled.html
| S.B. No. 795 | ||
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| relating to regulation of nurse aides. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 250, Health and Safety Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Section 250.0035 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 250.0035. TRAINING REQUIREMENTS; CONTINUING | ||
| EDUCATION. (a) To be listed on the nurse aide registry, an | ||
| applicant must complete a training program approved by the | ||
| Department of Aging and Disability Services that includes: | ||
| (1) not less than 100 hours of course work as specified | ||
| by rule; and | ||
| (2) a competency evaluation on completion of the | ||
| training program. | ||
| (b) A listing on the nurse aide registry expires on the | ||
| second anniversary of the date of the listing. | ||
| (c) To renew a nurse aide's listing on the registry, the | ||
| nurse aide must complete at least 24 hours of in-service education | ||
| every two years, including training in geriatrics and, if | ||
| applicable, in the care of patients with Alzheimer's disease. | ||
| (d) The executive commissioner of the Health and Human | ||
| Services Commission shall adopt rules as necessary to implement | ||
| this section. | ||
| SECTION 2. (a) The executive commissioner of the Health | ||
| and Human Services Commission shall adopt the rules necessary to | ||
| implement Section 250.0035, Health and Safety Code, as added by | ||
| this Act, not later than May 1, 2013. | ||
| (b) Section 250.0035, Health and Safety Code, as added by | ||
| this Act, applies only to an application for initial listing on the | ||
| nurse aide registry or for renewal of a listing on the registry | ||
| filed on or after September 1, 2013. An application filed before | ||
| that date is governed by the law in effect immediately before the | ||
| effective date of this Act, and the former law is continued in | ||
| effect for that purpose. | ||
| (c) A person listed as a nurse aide on the nurse aide | ||
| registry under Chapter 250, Health and Safety Code, before | ||
| September 1, 2013, is entitled to continue to be included on the | ||
| nurse aide registry without fulfilling any additional educational | ||
| training or evaluation requirements established by the executive | ||
| commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission under | ||
| Subsection (a), Section 250.0035, Health and Safety Code, as added | ||
| by this Act, if the person satisfies the other qualifications | ||
| required by the executive commissioner and Chapter 250, Health and | ||
| Safety Code. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 795 passed the Senate on | ||
| April 7, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 795 passed the House on | ||
| May 20, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 148, Nays 1, one | ||
| present not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
