Amend SB 94 by adding the following appropriately numbered
section and renumbering the sections of the bill as appropriate:
      SECTION ___.  Subchapter A, Chapter 142, Health and Safety
Code, is amended by adding Section 142.020 to read as follows:
      Sec. 142.020.  DISPOSAL OF SPECIAL OR MEDICAL WASTE.  (a)  A
home and community support services agency that generates special
or medical waste  while providing home health services in the
client's place of residence or the agency's office location shall
comply with the rules of the Texas Department of Health relating to
the disposition of special or medical waste.
      (b)  A home and community support services agency shall
provide both verbal and written instructions to the agency's client
regarding the proper procedure for disposing of sharps.  Sharps
include hypodermic needles; hypodermic syringes with attached
needles; scalpel blades; razor blades, disposable razors, and
disposable scissors used in medical procedures; and intravenous
stylets and rigid introducers.