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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to laboratory tests measuring kidney function. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 42.002, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended by adding Subdivisions (3) and (4) to read as follows: |
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(3) "Serum creatinine test" is a diagnostic test of a |
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person's blood that measures the level of creatinine present in the |
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blood. |
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(4) "Estimated glomerular filtration rate" is a |
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calculation of a person's kidney function based on: |
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(A) the person's age, race, and gender; and |
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(B) the results of the person's serum creatinine |
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test. |
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SECTION 2. Chapter 42, Health and Safety Code, is amended by |
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adding Section 42.0047 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 42.0047. ESTIMATED GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE |
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REPORTING. A laboratory that performs a serum creatinine test on a |
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sample from a person 18 years of age or older shall also calculate |
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and include in the reported results the person's estimated |
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glomerular filtration rate. |
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SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to a serum creatinine test performed on or after the effective date |
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of this Act. A serum creatinine test performed before the effective |
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date of this Act is covered by the law in effect immediately before |
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that date, and the former law is continued in effect for that |
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purpose. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |