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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the training of employees of certain covered entities. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 181.101, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 181.101. TRAINING REQUIRED. (a) Each covered entity |
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shall provide [a] training [program] to employees of the covered |
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entity regarding the state and federal law concerning protected |
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health information as necessary and appropriate for the employees |
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to carry out their duties for the covered entity [it relates to:
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[(1) the covered entity's particular course of
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business; and
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[(2) each employee's scope of employment]. |
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(b) An employee of a covered entity must complete training |
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described by Subsection (a) not later than the 180th [60th] day |
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after the date the employee is hired by the covered entity. |
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(c) If the duties of an [An] employee of a covered entity are |
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affected by a material change in state or federal law concerning |
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protected health information, the employee shall receive training |
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described by Subsection (a) within a reasonable period, not to |
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exceed one year, after the material change becomes effective [at
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least once every two years]. |
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(d) A covered entity shall require an employee of the entity |
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who is trained as [attends a training program] described by |
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Subsection (a) to sign, electronically or in writing, a statement |
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verifying the employee's completion of [attendance at the] training |
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[program]. The covered entity shall maintain the signed statement |
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for six years. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |