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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to training required for employees of persons licensed to |
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provide certain home and community support services. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 142, Health and Safety |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 142.0021 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 142.0021. PERSONAL ASSISTANCE SERVICES MINIMUM |
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TRAINING STANDARDS. (a) The executive commissioner of the Health |
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and Human Services Commission shall adopt rules prescribing minimum |
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training standards for an employee of a person licensed to provide |
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personal assistance services under this chapter. |
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(b) The minimum training standards must require that, not |
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later than the 120th day after the date an employee is initially |
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hired to provide personal assistance services, the employee |
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complete at least 16 hours of training. |
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(c) The minimum training standards must require training in |
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at least the following areas: |
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(1) cultural sensitivity; |
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(2) communication skills; |
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(3) proper lifting and moving techniques; |
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(4) safe cooking techniques; and |
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(5) dementia and Alzheimer-related issues. |
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(d) The Department of Aging and Disability Services shall |
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ensure that a person licensed to provide personal assistance |
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services under this chapter provides training to the person's |
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employees that complies with the requirements of this section. |
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SECTION 2. Section 142.0021(b), Health and Safety Code, as |
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added by this Act, applies to an employee hired on or after the |
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effective date of the rules adopted in compliance with Section |
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142.0021(a), Health and Safety Code, as added by this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |