1-1 By: Jones of Dallas (Senate Sponsor - Nelson) H.B. No. 811 1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House May 5, 1999; 1-3 May 6, 1999, read first time and referred to Committee on Health 1-4 Services; May 12, 1999, reported favorably by the following vote: 1-5 Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 12, 1999, sent to printer.) 1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-7 AN ACT 1-8 relating to the services included in home health care services. 1-9 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-10 SECTION 1. Section 142.001(12), Health and Safety Code, is 1-11 amended to read as follows: 1-12 (12) "Home health service" means the provision of one 1-13 or more of the following health services required by an individual 1-14 in a residence or independent living environment: 1-15 (A) nursing, including blood pressure monitoring 1-16 and diabetes treatment; 1-17 (B) physical, occupational, speech, or 1-18 respiratory therapy; 1-19 (C) medical social service; 1-20 (D) intravenous therapy; 1-21 (E) dialysis; 1-22 (F) service provided by unlicensed personnel 1-23 under the delegation of a licensed health professional; 1-24 (G) the furnishing of medical equipment and 1-25 supplies, excluding drugs and medicines; or 1-26 (H) nutritional counseling. 1-27 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999. 1-28 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-29 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-30 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-31 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-32 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended. 1-33 * * * * *