87R6715 JG-D
 
  By: Seliger S.B. No. 1103
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the regulation of nurse aides; requiring an
  occupational registration.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 250.001, Health and Safety Code, is
  amended by adding Subdivisions (6) and (7) to read as follows:
               (6)  "Commission" means the Health and Human Services
  Commission.
               (7)  "Executive commissioner" means the executive
  commissioner of the commission.
         SECTION 2.  Section 250.0035, Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 250.0035.  CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION; REQUIREMENTS
  FOR INCLUSION IN NURSE AIDE REGISTRY [TRAINING REQUIREMENTS;
  CONTINUING EDUCATION]. (a)  To be listed on the nurse aide
  registry, an applicant must:
               (1)  complete a training program approved by the
  commission [Department of Aging and Disability Services] that
  includes:
                     (A) [(1)]  not less than 100 hours of course work
  as specified by rule; and
                     (B) [(2)]  a competency evaluation on completion
  of the training program; and
               (2)  hold a certificate of registration issued by the
  commission on completion of the training program required under
  Subdivision (1).
         (b)  A certificate of registration and listing on the nurse
  aide registry expire [expires] on the second anniversary of the
  date the certificate is issued and the nurse aide is listed in the
  registry [of the listing].
         (c)  To renew a nurse aide's certificate of registration and
  listing on the registry, the nurse aide must complete at least 24
  hours of in-service education every two years, including training
  in geriatrics and, if applicable, in the care of patients with
  Alzheimer's disease.
         (d)  The executive commissioner [of the Health and Human
  Services Commission] shall adopt the rules [as] necessary to
  implement this section, including rules for the issuance and
  renewal of a certificate of registration under this section and the
  regulation of nurse aides as necessary to protect the public health
  and safety.
         SECTION 3.  (a) As soon as practicable after the effective
  date of this Act, the executive commissioner of the Health and Human
  Services Commission shall adopt the rules and procedures necessary
  to implement Section 250.0035, Health and Safety Code, as amended
  by this Act.
         (b)  Notwithstanding Section 250.0035, Health and Safety
  Code, as amended by this Act, a nurse aide is not required to hold a
  certificate of registration issued under that section until
  September 1, 2022.
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.