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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to inservice training on identifying abuse, neglect, and |
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illegal, unprofessional, and unethical conduct in certain health |
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care facilities. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 161.133, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) The executive commissioner by rule shall require each |
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inpatient mental health facility, treatment facility, or hospital |
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that provides comprehensive medical rehabilitation services to |
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annually provide as a condition of continued licensure a minimum of |
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eight hours of initial inservice training for new employees and |
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four hours of continuing inservice training for continuing |
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employees that is designed to assist employees and health care |
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professionals associated with the facility in identifying patient |
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abuse or neglect and illegal, unprofessional, or unethical conduct |
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by or in the facility. |
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(a-1) The training required under Subsection (a) may be |
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provided: |
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(1) in person; or |
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(2) through a live, interactive, instructor-led, and |
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electronic method that uses synchronous audiovisual interaction |
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between the instructor and employees. |
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SECTION 2. Section 161.133(a), Health and Safety Code, as |
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amended by this Act, applies to the minimum number of inservice |
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training hours provided as a condition of licensure by health care |
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facilities subject to that section on and after the effective date |
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of this Act. The minimum number of inservice training hours |
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provided before the effective date of this Act is governed by the |
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law in effect immediately before the effective date of this Act, and |
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the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |