H.B. No. 2055
AN ACT
relating to the Chronic Kidney Disease Task Force.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 98.003, Health and Safety Code, as added
by Chapter 671 (H.B. 1373), Acts of the 80th Legislature, Regular
Session, 2007, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 98.003. DUTIES. The task force shall:
(1) develop a cost-effective plan for prevention,
early screening, diagnosis, and management of [to educate health
care professionals about the advantages and methods of early
screening, diagnosis, and treatment of] chronic kidney disease for
the state's population [and complications related to chronic kidney
disease based on the Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative
Clinical Practice Guidelines for Chronic Kidney Disease or other
medically recognized clinical practice guidelines]; and
(2) develop a plan for surveillance and data analysis
to assess the impact of [to educate health care professionals and
individuals with] chronic kidney disease [about the advantages of
end-stage renal disease modality education and early renal
replacement therapy, including in-center dialysis, home
hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis as well as other access options,
and transplantation, before the onset of end-stage renal disease
when kidney function is declining; and
[(3) make recommendations on the implementation of a
cost-effective plan for early screening, diagnosis, and treatment
of chronic kidney disease for the state's population].
SECTION 2. Section 98.006, Health and Safety Code, as added
by Chapter 671 (H.B. 1373), Acts of the 80th Legislature, Regular
Session, 2007, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 98.006. REPORT. Not later than January 1, 2011
[2009], the task force shall submit its findings and
recommendations to:
(1) the governor, lieutenant governor, and speaker of
the house of representatives; and
(2) the presiding officers of the Senate Committee on
Health and Human Services and the Public Health Committee of the
house of representatives, or the appropriate committees of the 81st
Legislature.
SECTION 3. Section 98.009, Health and Safety Code, as added
by Chapter 671 (H.B. 1373), Acts of the 80th Legislature, Regular
Session, 2007, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 98.009. EXPIRATION. The task force is abolished and
this chapter expires on September 1, 2011 [2009].
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect August 31, 2009.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2055 was passed by the House on April
9, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 148, Nays 0, 1 present, not
voting.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2055 was passed by the Senate on May
14, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor