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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to screening health care personnel of home and community |
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support services agencies for tuberculosis. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 142.012(b), Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b) The board by rule shall set minimum standards for home |
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and community support services agencies licensed under this chapter |
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that relate to: |
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(1) qualifications for professional and |
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nonprofessional personnel, including volunteers; |
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(2) supervision of professional and nonprofessional |
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personnel, including volunteers; |
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(3) the screening of professional and nonprofessional |
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personnel, including volunteers, for tuberculosis before providing |
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services for the home and community support services agency; |
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(4) the provision and coordination of treatment and |
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services, including support and bereavement services, as |
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appropriate; |
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(5) [(4)] the management, ownership, and |
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organizational structure, including lines of authority and |
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delegation of responsibility and, as appropriate, the composition |
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of an interdisciplinary team; |
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(6) [(5)] clinical and business records; |
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(7) [(6)] financial ability to carry out the functions |
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as proposed; |
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(8) [(7)] safety, fire prevention, and sanitary |
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standards for residential units and inpatient units; and |
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(9) [(8)] any other aspects of home health, hospice, |
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or personal assistance services as necessary to protect the public. |
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SECTION 2. The Texas Board of Nursing shall adopt rules |
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required by Section 142.012(b), Health and Safety Code, as amended |
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by this Act, not later than January 1, 2010. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |