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. Subsection (b), Section 142.012, Health and
Safety Code, is amended to read as follows:
(b) Department rules must [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 implementation, for professional and
nonprofessional personnel, including volunteers, who have direct
contact with the agency's clients, of a tuberculosis surveillance
program, based on the most current guidelines for preventing the
transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in health care
facilities published by the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention of the United States Public Health Service;
(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 executive commissioner of the Health and
Human Services Commission shall adopt rules required by Subsection
(b), Section 142.012, Health and Safety Code, as amended by this
Act, not later than January 1, 2010.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.