H.R. No. 2911
R E S O L U T I O N
BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the State of
Texas, 81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009, That House Rule 13,
Section 9(a), be suspended in part as provided by House Rule 13,
Section 9(f), to enable the conference committee appointed to
resolve the differences on House Bill 2330, laboratory tests
measuring kidney function, to consider and take action on the
following matter:
House Rule 13, Sections 9(a)(3) and (4), are suspended to
permit the committee to add text to added Section 42.0047, Health
and Safety Code, so that it reads as follows:
Sec. 42.0047. ESTIMATED GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE
REPORTING. (a) A laboratory that performs a serum creatinine test
on a sample from a person 18 years of age or older shall also
calculate and include in the reported results the person's
estimated glomerular filtration rate or the results of an
alternative equivalent calculation measuring kidney function if
the laboratory receives along with the sample all relevant clinical
information about the person necessary to calculate the person's
estimated glomerular filtration rate or perform an alternative
equivalent calculation. A physician requesting a serum creatinine
test shall provide to the laboratory all relevant clinical
information about the person necessary to calculate the person's
estimated glomerular filtration rate or perform an alternative
equivalent calculation unless the physician determines that the
calculation is unnecessary.
(b) The requirements under Subsection (a) do not apply to:
(1) a laboratory that uses equipment to perform serum
creatinine tests that cannot be reprogrammed to calculate the
estimated glomerular filtration rate or perform an alternative
equivalent calculation measuring kidney function; or
(2) a laboratory performing a serum creatinine test on
a sample taken from a patient who is being treated in a hospital.
Explanation: This change is necessary to allow a laboratory
to perform an alternative equivalent calculation measuring a
person's kidney function.
Guillen
______________________________
Speaker of the House
I certify that H.R. No. 2911 was adopted by the House on May
31, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 0, 1 present, not
voting.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House