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1	1	H.B. No. 2055
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4	4	AN ACT
5	5	relating to the Chronic Kidney Disease Task Force.
6	6	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
7	7	SECTION 1. Section 98.003, Health and Safety Code, as added
8	8	by Chapter 671 (H.B. 1373), Acts of the 80th Legislature, Regular
9	9	Session, 2007, is amended to read as follows:
10	10	Sec. 98.003. DUTIES. The task force shall:
11	11	(1) develop a cost-effective plan for prevention,
12	12	early screening, diagnosis, and management of [to educate health
13	13	care professionals about the advantages and methods of early
14	14	screening, diagnosis, and treatment of] chronic kidney disease for
15	15	the state's population [and complications related to chronic kidney
16	16	disease based on the Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative
17	17	Clinical Practice Guidelines for Chronic Kidney Disease or other
18	18	medically recognized clinical practice guidelines]; and
19	19	(2) develop a plan for surveillance and data analysis
20	20	to assess the impact of [to educate health care professionals and
21	21	individuals with] chronic kidney disease [about the advantages of
22	22	end-stage renal disease modality education and early renal
23	23	replacement therapy, including in-center dialysis, home
24	24	hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis as well as other access options,
25	25	and transplantation, before the onset of end-stage renal disease
26	26	when kidney function is declining; and
27	27	[(3) make recommendations on the implementation of a
28	28	cost-effective plan for early screening, diagnosis, and treatment
29	29	of chronic kidney disease for the state's population].
30	30	SECTION 2. Section 98.006, Health and Safety Code, as added
31	31	by Chapter 671 (H.B. 1373), Acts of the 80th Legislature, Regular
32	32	Session, 2007, is amended to read as follows:
33	33	Sec. 98.006. REPORT. Not later than January 1, 2011
34	34	[2009], the task force shall submit its findings and
35	35	recommendations to:
36	36	(1) the governor, lieutenant governor, and speaker of
37	37	the house of representatives; and
38	38	(2) the presiding officers of the Senate Committee on
39	39	Health and Human Services and the Public Health Committee of the
40	40	house of representatives, or the appropriate committees of the 81st
41	41	Legislature.
42	42	SECTION 3. Section 98.009, Health and Safety Code, as added
43	43	by Chapter 671 (H.B. 1373), Acts of the 80th Legislature, Regular
44	44	Session, 2007, is amended to read as follows:
45	45	Sec. 98.009. EXPIRATION. The task force is abolished and
46	46	this chapter expires on September 1, 2011 [2009].
47	47	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect August 31, 2009.
48	48	______________________________ ______________________________
49	49	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
50	50	I certify that H.B. No. 2055 was passed by the House on April
51	51	9, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 148, Nays 0, 1 present, not
52	52	voting.
53	53	______________________________
54	54	Chief Clerk of the House
55	55	I certify that H.B. No. 2055 was passed by the Senate on May
56	56	14, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
57	57	______________________________
58	58	Secretary of the Senate
59	59	APPROVED: _____________________
60	60	Date
61	61	_____________________
62	62	Governor