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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to inservice training on prevention of abuse, neglect, and |
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illegal, unprofessional, and unethical conduct provided by certain |
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health care facilities. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 161.133(a), Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) The executive commissioner by rule shall require each |
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inpatient mental health facility, treatment facility, or hospital |
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that provides comprehensive medical rehabilitation services to |
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annually provide as a condition of continued licensure a minimum of |
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eight hours of initial inservice training for new employees and |
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four hours of continuing inservice training for continuing |
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employees that is designed to assist employees and health care |
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professionals associated with the facility in identifying patient |
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abuse or neglect and illegal, unprofessional, or unethical conduct |
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by or in the facility. |
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SECTION 2. Section 161.133(a), Health and Safety Code, as |
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amended by this Act, applies to the minimum number of inservice |
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training hours provided as a condition of initial or continued |
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licensure by certain health care facilities subject to that section |
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on and after the effective date of this Act. The minimum number of |
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inservice training hours provided before the effective date of this |
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Act is governed by the law in effect immediately before the |
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effective date of this Act, and the former law is continued in |
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effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |