By Shapleigh S.B. No. 1051
77R8706 JRD-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the training and regulation of promotoras.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Chapter 46, Health and Safety Code, as added by
1-5 Section 2.01, Chapter 857, Acts of the 76th Legislature, Regular
1-6 Session, 1999, is amended to read as follows:
1-7 CHAPTER 48 [46]. TRAINING AND REGULATION
1-8 OF PROMOTORAS
1-9 Sec. 48.001 [46.001]. DEFINITIONS [DEFINITION]. In this
1-10 chapter:
1-11 (1) "Compensation" includes receiving payment or
1-12 receiving reimbursement for expenses.
1-13 (2) "Promotora"[, "promotora"] means a person who,
1-14 with or without compensation, provides a bilingual liaison between
1-15 health care providers and patients through activities that include
1-16 assisting in case conferences, providing patient education, making
1-17 referrals to health and social services, conducting needs
1-18 assessments, distributing surveys to identify barriers to health
1-19 care delivery, making home visits, and providing language services.
1-20 Sec. 48.002 [46.002]. PROMOTORA TRAINING PROGRAM. (a) The
1-21 department shall establish and operate a program designed to train
1-22 and educate persons who act as promotoras. In establishing the
1-23 training program, the department, to the extent possible, shall:
1-24 (1) consider the report and any findings of and adopt
2-1 any applicable recommendations of the Promotora Program Development
2-2 Committee; and
2-3 (2) use as a resource the uniform curriculum for
2-4 training and educating promotoras developed by the Health Education
2-5 Training Centers Alliance of Texas.
2-6 (b) Participation in a training and education program
2-7 established under this section is voluntary for a promotora who
2-8 provides services without receiving any compensation and mandatory
2-9 for a promotora who provides services for compensation.
2-10 Sec. 48.003 [46.003]. CERTIFICATION PROGRAM FOR PROMOTORAS.
2-11 (a) The department shall establish and operate a certification
2-12 program for persons who act as promotoras. In establishing the
2-13 program, the board shall adopt rules that provide minimum standards
2-14 and guidelines, including participation in the training and
2-15 education program under Section 48.002 [46.002], for issuance of a
2-16 certificate to a person under this section. In adopting the
2-17 minimum standards and guidelines, the board shall consider the
2-18 report and any findings of and adopt any applicable recommendations
2-19 of the Promotora Program Development Committee.
2-20 (b) Receipt of a certificate issued under this section may
2-21 not be a requirement for a person to act as a promotora without
2-22 receiving any compensation and is a requirement for a person to act
2-23 as a promotora for compensation.
2-24 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.