76R10256 MCK-D By Jones of Dallas H.B. No. 811 Substitute the following for H.B. No. 811: By McClendon C.S.H.B. No. 811 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the services included in home health care services. 1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-4 SECTION 1. Section 142.001(12), Health and Safety Code, is 1-5 amended to read as follows: 1-6 (12) "Home health service" means the provision of one 1-7 or more of the following health services required by an individual 1-8 in a residence or independent living environment: 1-9 (A) nursing, including blood pressure monitoring 1-10 and diabetes treatment; 1-11 (B) physical, occupational, speech, or 1-12 respiratory therapy; 1-13 (C) medical social service; 1-14 (D) intravenous therapy; 1-15 (E) dialysis; 1-16 (F) service provided by unlicensed personnel 1-17 under the delegation of a licensed health professional; 1-18 (G) the furnishing of medical equipment and 1-19 supplies, excluding drugs and medicines; or 1-20 (H) nutritional counseling. 1-21 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999. 1-22 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-23 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-24 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-1 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-2 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.