82R21627 PEP-F
 
  By: Eiland H.B. No. 3459
 
  Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3459:
 
  By:  Madden C.S.H.B. No. 3459
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the containment of costs incurred in the correctional
  health care system.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter E, Chapter 501, Government Code, is
  amended by adding Section 501.1485 to read as follows:
         Sec. 501.1485.  CORRECTIONS MEDICATION AIDES. (a) The
  department, in cooperation with The University of Texas Medical
  Branch at Galveston and the Texas Tech University Health Sciences
  Center, shall develop and implement a training program for
  corrections medication aides that uses a curriculum specific to
  administering medication in a correctional setting.
         (b)  In developing the curriculum for the training program,
  the department, The University of Texas Medical Branch at
  Galveston, and the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
  shall:
               (1)  consider the content of the curriculum developed
  by the American Correctional Association for certified corrections
  nurses; and
               (2)  modify as appropriate the content of the
  curriculum developed under Chapter 242, Health and Safety Code, for
  medication aides administering medication in convalescent and
  nursing homes and related institutions to produce content suitable
  for administering medication in a correctional setting.
         (c)  The department shall submit an application for the
  approval of a training program developed under this section,
  including the curriculum, to the Department of Aging and Disability
  Services in the manner established by the executive commissioner of
  the Health and Human Services Commission under Section 161.082,
  Human Resources Code.
         SECTION 2.  Section 251.012, Health and Safety Code, as
  amended by Chapters 839 (S.B. 1932) and 1280 (H.B. 1831), Acts of
  the 81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009, is reenacted and
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 251.012.  EXEMPTIONS FROM LICENSING REQUIREMENT. The
  following facilities are not required to be licensed under this
  chapter:
               (1)  a home and community support services agency
  licensed under Chapter 142 with a home dialysis designation;
               (2)  a hospital licensed under Chapter 241 that
  provides dialysis only to individuals receiving:
                     (A)  [individuals receiving] inpatient services
  from the hospital; or
                     (B)  [individuals receiving] outpatient services
  due to a disaster declared by the governor or a federal disaster
  declared by the president of the United States occurring in this
  state or another state during the term of the disaster declaration;
  [or]
               (3)  a hospital operated by or on behalf of the state as
  part of the managed health care provider network established under
  Chapter 501, Government Code, that provides dialysis only to
  individuals receiving:
                     (A)  inpatient services from the hospital; or
                     (B)  outpatient services while serving a term of
  confinement in a facility operated by or under contract with the
  Texas Department of Criminal Justice; or
               (4)  the office of a physician unless the office is used
  primarily as an end stage renal disease facility.
         SECTION 3.  Subchapter D, Chapter 161, Human Resources Code,
  is amended by adding Section 161.082 to read as follows:
         Sec. 161.082.  CORRECTIONS MEDICATION AIDES. (a)  The
  executive commissioner shall establish:
               (1)  minimum standards and procedures for the approval
  of corrections medication aide training programs, including
  curricula, developed under Section 501.1485, Government Code;
               (2)  minimum requirements for the issuance, denial,
  renewal, suspension, and revocation of a permit to a corrections
  medication aide, including the payment of an application or renewal
  fee in an amount necessary to cover the costs incurred by the
  department in administering this section; and
               (3)  the acts and practices that are within and outside
  the scope of a permit issued under this section.
         (b)  Not later than the 90th day after receipt of an
  application for approval of a corrections medication aide training
  program developed under Section 501.1485, Government Code, the
  department shall:
               (1)  approve the program, if the program meets the
  minimum standards and procedures established under Subsection
  (a)(1); or
               (2)  provide notice to the Texas Department of Criminal
  Justice that the program is not approved and include in the notice a
  description of the actions that are required for the program to be
  approved.
         (c)  The department shall issue a permit to or renew the
  permit of an applicant who meets the minimum requirements
  established under Subsection (a)(2). The department shall
  coordinate with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice in the
  performance of the department's duties and functions under this
  subsection.
         SECTION 4.  (a)  The Texas Department of Criminal Justice,
  in cooperation with The University of Texas Medical Branch at
  Galveston, the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, or a
  successor correctional managed health care provider, shall develop
  the training program required by Section 501.1485, Government Code,
  as added by this Act, and the department shall submit an application
  for approval of that program, as required by Subsection (c) of that
  section, not later than January 1, 2012. If after the effective date
  of this Act and before the date the department develops the training
  program described by this subsection The University of Texas
  Medical Branch at Galveston and the Texas Tech University Health
  Sciences Center are no longer represented on the Correctional
  Managed Health Care Committee, or no longer serve as correctional
  managed health care providers, the executive director of the
  department shall request and receive the cooperation of any other
  state agency determined by the executive director to be an
  appropriate resource in the development of the program.
         (b)  The change in law made by this Act in amending Section
  251.012, Health and Safety Code, applies only to dialysis services
  provided on or after the effective date of this Act. Dialysis
  services provided before the effective date of this Act are covered
  by the law in effect immediately before that date, and the former
  law is continued in effect for that purpose.
         (c)  The executive commissioner of the Health and Human
  Services Commission shall establish the minimum standards and
  requirements and the acts and practices allowed or prohibited, as
  required by Section 161.082, Human Resources Code, as added by this
  Act, not later than January 1, 2012.
         SECTION 5.  To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails
  over another Act of the 82nd Legislature, Regular Session, 2011,
  relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted
  codes.
         SECTION 6.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.