81R3011 JSC-D
By: Nelson S.B. No. 345
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to screening health care personnel of home and community
support services agencies for tuberculosis.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 142.012(b), Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) The board by rule shall set minimum standards for home
and community support services agencies licensed under this chapter
that relate to:
(1) qualifications for professional and
nonprofessional personnel, including volunteers;
(2) supervision of professional and nonprofessional
personnel, including volunteers;
(3) the screening of professional and nonprofessional
personnel, including volunteers, for tuberculosis before providing
services for the home and community support services agency;
(4) the provision and coordination of treatment and
services, including support and bereavement services, as
appropriate;
(5) [(4)] the management, ownership, and
organizational structure, including lines of authority and
delegation of responsibility and, as appropriate, the composition
of an interdisciplinary team;
(6) [(5)] clinical and business records;
(7) [(6)] financial ability to carry out the functions
as proposed;
(8) [(7)] safety, fire prevention, and sanitary
standards for residential units and inpatient units; and
(9) [(8)] any other aspects of home health, hospice,
or personal assistance services as necessary to protect the public.
SECTION 2. The Texas Board of Nursing shall adopt rules
required by Section 142.012(b), Health and Safety Code, as amended
by this Act, not later than January 1, 2010.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.