1-1 By: Capelo (Senate Sponsor - Madla) H.B. No. 2650 1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House May 9, 2001; 1-3 May 10, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on Health 1-4 and Human Services; May 11, 2001, reported favorably by the 1-5 following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 11, 2001, sent to printer.) 1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-7 AN ACT 1-8 relating to requiring hepatitis C training for registered nurses. 1-9 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-10 SECTION 1. Subchapter G, Chapter 301, Occupations Code, is 1-11 amended by adding Section 301.304 to read as follows: 1-12 Sec. 301.304. HEPATITIS C COMPONENT IN CONTINUING EDUCATION. 1-13 (a) As part of any continuing education requirements under Section 1-14 301.303, a license holder shall participate in not less than two 1-15 hours of continuing education relating to hepatitis C. This 1-16 subsection applies only to a license holder who renews a license on 1-17 or after June 1, 2002. 1-18 (b) The board shall recognize, prepare, or administer a 1-19 hepatitis C training component for use in continuing education for 1-20 license holders under Subsection (a). 1-21 (c) The training component must provide information relating 1-22 to the prevention, assessment, and treatment of hepatitis C. 1-23 (d) This section expires June 1, 2004. 1-24 SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only to 1-25 continuing education offered on or after June 1, 2002. 1-26 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 1-27 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 1-28 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this 1-29 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 1-30 Act takes effect September 1, 2001. 1-31 * * * * *