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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the Chronic Kidney Disease Task Force |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 98.003, Health and Safety Code, as added |
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by Chapter 671 (H.B. 1373), Acts of the 80th Legislature, Regular |
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Session, 2007, and amended by H.B. 2055, Acts of the 81st Texas |
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Legislature, Regular Session, 2009,is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 98.003. DUTIES. The task force shall: |
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(1) coordinate implementation of the state's |
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cost-effective plan for prevention, early screening, diagnosis, |
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and management of [to educate health care professionals about the |
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advantages and methods of early screening, diagnosis, and treatment |
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of] chronic kidney disease for the state's population through
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national, state and local partners[and complications related to |
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chronic kidney disease based on the Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality |
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Initiative Clinical Practice Guidelines for Chronic Kidney Disease |
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or other medically recognized clinical practice guidelines]; and |
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(2) educate health care professionals on the use of |
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clinical practice guidelines for screening, detecting, diagnosing, |
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treating and managing chronic kidney disease, its co-morbidities, |
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and complications based on the Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality |
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Initiative Clinical Practice Guidelines for Chronic Kidney |
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Disease. |
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SECTION 2. Section 98.006, Health and Safety Code, as added |
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by Chapter 671 (H.B. 1373), Acts of the 80th Legislature, Regular |
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Session, 2007, and amended by H.B. 2055, Acts of the 81st Texas |
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Legislature, Regular Session, 2009,is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 98.006. REPORT. Not later than January 1, 2013[2009],
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the task force shall submit its findings and recommendations to: |
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(1) the governor, lieutenant governor, and speaker of |
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the house of representatives; and |
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(2) the presiding officers of the Senate Committee on |
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Health and Human Services and the Public Health Committee of the |
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house of representatives, or the appropriate committees of the 82nd |
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Legislature. |
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SECTION 3. Section 98.009, Health and Safety Code, as added |
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by Chapter 671 (H.B. 1373), Acts of the 80th Legislature, Regular |
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Session, 2007, and amended by H.B. 2055, Acts of the 81st Texas |
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Legislature, Regular Session, 2009,is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 98.009. EXPIRATION. The task force is abolished and |
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this chapter expires on August 31, 2013. [2009].
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |