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By: Guillen (Senate Sponsor - Zaffirini) |
H.B. No. 2330 |
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(In the Senate - Received from the House April 14, 2009; |
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April 27, 2009, read first time and referred to Committee on Health |
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and Human Services; May 8, 2009, reported adversely, with |
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favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 9, |
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Nays 0; May 8, 2009, sent to printer.) |
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 2330 |
By: Nelson |
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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) A laboratory that performs a serum creatinine test |
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on a sample from a person 18 years of age or older, at the discretion |
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of the physician, shall also calculate and include in the reported |
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results the person's estimated glomerular filtration rate if the |
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laboratory receives along with the sample all relevant clinical |
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information about the person necessary to calculate the person's |
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estimated glomerular filtration rate. |
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(b) The requirements under Subsection (a) do not apply to: |
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(1) a laboratory that uses equipment to perform serum |
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creatinine tests that cannot be reprogrammed to calculate the |
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estimated glomerular filtration rate; or |
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(2) a laboratory performing a serum creatinine test on |
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a sample taken from a patient who is being treated in a hospital. |
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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. |
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