By: Nixon S.B. No. 1554 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT 1-1 relating to the eligibility for training and certification as a 1-2 medication aide. 1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-4 SECTION 1. Section 247.026, Health and Safety Code, is 1-5 amended by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: 1-6 (e) Any individual otherwise qualified, who has been 1-7 employed by a licensed personal care facility for at least 90 days, 1-8 shall be eligible to be certified as a medication aide following 1-9 completion of the required course of study and successful 1-10 completion of any required examination. 1-11 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1995. 1-12 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-13 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-14 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-15 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-16 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.